Hello,
can anyone plz tell me how to change charater spacing? I use installed font and want to fix the character spacing to 0.2pt.
Thank you in advance for any hints.
How can I change character spacing?
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Re: How can I change character spacing?
You have two choices:
1. Change the glyph bearings
2. Change the kerning.
1. Change the glyph bearings
2. Change the kerning.
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Re: How can I change character spacing?
Hello Dave,
Thank you for your quick response.
I want to use Arial Narrow - Font size is 11pt and charater spacing is 0.2pt. Open it and click on "space", then click on Tools/Glyph Transformer to change the glyph bearings or click on Autokern changing the kerning, is it right?
I´m a newbie and do not know which number should be entered. I would be very grateful if you could help me.
Thank you for your quick response.
I want to use Arial Narrow - Font size is 11pt and charater spacing is 0.2pt. Open it and click on "space", then click on Tools/Glyph Transformer to change the glyph bearings or click on Autokern changing the kerning, is it right?
I´m a newbie and do not know which number should be entered. I would be very grateful if you could help me.
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Re: How can I change character spacing?
I'm an oldie but I'm not going to help all that much I'm afraid. In Font Creator spacing between characters is set by Tools/Autometrics where you set how much white space would be placed before and/or after a character.
This would be a relative distance, based on point size of the glyph. As the character changes in size the spacing would change. I don't know how big it should be set for a 11pt size character.
As background, for my curiosity: is the current spacing on Arial Narrow too wide or not wide enough? Why do you want to change a well designed finished font?
This would be a relative distance, based on point size of the glyph. As the character changes in size the spacing would change. I don't know how big it should be set for a 11pt size character.
As background, for my curiosity: is the current spacing on Arial Narrow too wide or not wide enough? Why do you want to change a well designed finished font?
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Re: How can I change character spacing?
Thank you very much Dick Pape, you saved my night(and my fonts, of course)!