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Any filename containing an ampersand (&) displays incorrectly in the tab. The ampersand is swallowed and the next character in the filename is underlined. This is caused by the Windows control being used to display the text having the bit set that tells it to parse the keyboard shortcut informat...

I have run into some fonts with dozens of characters that have glyph names that match the outline (so the glyph is "correct") but no code point has been assigned. Right now, the only way to fix this is to click on the glyph, click the "Auto-complete code-points based on glyph name&quo...

It might be a little confusing, but this is by design, so people can re-tag fonts without being interrupted by a refresh. It's still a bug, because if I click "Start a new tag search" or do something else that makes font list not be tag search results (like a quick search, or clicking on ...

We can confirm it isn't very intuitive but need to look into it to see if we have to disable the other fix features as well. The other features disable themselves correctly if real-time validation is disabled by the point/contour count set in options, because the things they fix don't seem to be ch...

In FontCreator 11.5.0.2427 (64-bit): If real-time validation is disabled for any reason (either through manually turning it off using the button in the validation window, or by rule because the glyph exceeds the number of points, contours, or members), then the "Correct contour directions"...

This would allow adding the contours/outlines of multiple glyphs on the clipboard to the corresponding glyphs in the font. There are fonts like Suncatcher that have a base and a "fill" that was meant to be overlaid to create a different look. In this case, the "fill" will fill in...

But I think auto-whatever generates too many classes than ideal and/or too many single character classes.. In general I spend more time on side bearings than I do creating kerning classes/members. Auto-Metrics only changes side bearings...it doesn't do anything to the OpenType features. Auto-Kern d...

I'd like the ability to search for more than one OpenType feature on a custom view, plus the ability to negate the search for a feature. This would make it much easier to find fonts that (for example) have kerning but no capital spacing. Right now, the only way is to create separate views that have ...

There are a lot of broken fonts out there, and FontCreator's validation wizard and real-time validation are great for this. But, I have run into some fonts with many contours that are the wrong direction...one font had 10-20 on every glyph (it was a "ragged" font). The problem was that fix...

One tip worth remembering is to record the value for letter-spacing that you last used for that font in the Notes Panel (Shortcut F2). I mostly use the "auto-*" tools to fix older fonts that have serious issues with their horizontal spacing, so I'm mostly going by looks on that dialog, an...

Not that preview text. The preview text in the auto-metrics and auto-kerning dialog.

For Auto-Metrics and Auto-Kerning, the default of "Preview Text" isn't terrible, but do other people have a better general-purpose text that fits in the 20-character limit?

In FontCreator 11.5.0.2427 (64-bit): In the attached project, there are two versions of Ccedilla. The first shows a bug if you join contours to get rid of the overlapping contours. After the join, look closely at the point of the flourish loop on the C...it is no longer a point, but flattens to a li...

In FontCreator 11.5.0.2427 (64-bit): Using the knife tool to cut any contour in a glyph results in all the contours in the glyph being converted to quadratic. Since this can result in a change in the contours, it is not desired behavior. In addition, it can also result in an exported font not being ...

I know PANOSE info in fonts is mostly useless, but if it is filled in with more than just the basics, it's somewhat useful. If PANOSE selection was similar to weight/width selection, it should be fairly easy for a user to create a view that selects fonts with useful PANOSE info. Something like "...