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The font test dialog uses a common Windows control that doesn't support all OpenType layout features. Fortunately the web font test page (CTRL-F5) has way more support (depending on your browser). So let us know your results.

They are all OpenType TT fonts. Examples are Berlin Sans FB, Brush Script MT Italic, Chiller. I think they may be default Windows or Microsoft Office fonts. These fonts are indeed included with Office 2010. You better ask Microsoft, but I do remember years ago when I started Word, it did automatica...

Does InDesign 4 immediately recognize fonts when you install them directly through Windows fonts folder?

If not, then I'm afraid your copy of InDesign (from 2008) is not fully compatible with Windows 8.

The ligatures must be defined as new glyphs, so add three more glyphs, import the outlines from Illustrator, resize them to the right height, then use the Glyph Properties toolbar (F3) to rename the ligature glyphs to ir, jr, ra, etc., and click Apply. To avoid potential conflict with Unicode names...

We need to include the Euro indeed. Thank you for letting us know.

For now you could manually add it to the glyphnames.dat file.

We weren't sure which one is correct. Lambda is decribed here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda

3BB also mentions it:
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0370.pdf

Should it be changed back to lamda?

With the latest version we added two file into the FontCreator installation folder. Glyphlist and glyphnames They are used when importing and exporting fonts. I'll go into more detail on Tuesday, but feel free to make changes. A restart of FontCreator is required. Then open a ttf or otf to see the r...

I guess not. Next time I'm traveling I should not try to post a quick answer...I will give an answer when I'm back in the office.

Actually the download on the web site is the same as the one FontCreator downloads and installs.

It will only affect the left and right side bearings of a predefined subset of characters. Since kerning pairs depend on these bearings, the actual positioning of the pairs will be affected, but the kerning pairs themselves remain untouched. So in general it is best to first ensure the metrics are c...

greetings how can i change a open type font to a true type font? i have the new FC7 professional. i have a old version of corel draw that only recognize true type fonts. That must be a very, very old version :D TrueType has been superseded by the OpenType format. However people still refer to TrueT...

If you still are running version 6, then either upgrade to FontCreator 7, or download and install the fix from this url:
http://www.high-logic.com/utils/FontInstallerSetup.exe

Do let us know your results.

The auto hinter rounds the x height to the pixel grid, with a slight preference for rounding up. There is not much room for adjustments there, so I wonder if you can show us a sample of the original font, and the one exported by FontCreator 7 so we can better understand the problem. E.g. is this hap...

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