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- Sun Nov 24, 2002 9:44 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Tutorials and Solutions
- Topic: Diagonal guide lines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17531
Diagonal Guidelines
Draw a contour with just four points:- a slash with a triangle at the bottom. Then you can select it by clicking on the triangle at the bottom (or at the top if you prefer).
- Sun Nov 24, 2002 5:56 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
- Topic: Multiplicity of points.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14091
Horses for Courses
:? It depends what kind of font you want to create. Most fonts have smooth outlines with smooth curves and straight lines, but not everyone wants the machine-cut look. Some typefaces have rough outlines to make them look hand-drawn. Handwritten fonts also have irregular outlines. Many people scan ha...
- Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:55 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Panose Information
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7635
Panose Information
Some fonts contain Panose information, which may help with font substitution. Is it worth putting this in? It seems to be a complex subject of limited value. What is the minimum that one would need to add?
- Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:50 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Platforms
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7700
Platforms
The fonts that I am editing have three platform: Macintosh, Microsoft Unicode, and Unicode 1.0 Semantics.
The help file says I should keep the first since many programs use it, but can I delete the Unicode 1.0 Semantics platform? It would save me a lot of work. Which programs need it?
The help file says I should keep the first since many programs use it, but can I delete the Unicode 1.0 Semantics platform? It would save me a lot of work. Which programs need it?
- Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:21 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Character mapping/ keystrokes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11087
Character mapping/keystrokes
Sounds to me like you need a keyboard macro program.
Try keyboard pro. Then you can enter any character with a single shortcut key or a pair of keystrokes e.g. ~b
Try keyboard pro. Then you can enter any character with a single shortcut key or a pair of keystrokes e.g. ~b
- Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:18 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: The big tryout
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8269
Rotating Glyphs - Big Tryout
In the glyph edit window, click the glyph that you want to rotate to select it.
Click it again to get the rotation handles at the corners. Then drag to rotate.
Double-clicking goes into point edit mode.
Click it again to get the rotation handles at the corners. Then drag to rotate.
Double-clicking goes into point edit mode.