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The Windows edit control used for the Font Test window doesn't support kerning, so I believe that to implement this would mean a lot of work, as it would mean writing a custom control. The Preview Toolbar (Shortcut F8) does support kerning, so use that instead if you want to see the affect of kernin...

albeter, These applications expect to find the fonts in a certain place, so don't move them and you won't have a problem. This is not a fault with MainType, but a limitation of those applications. When they launch, I assume that they must be checking their own program registry key instead of the Win...

The trial version is not a demo version, it is the full version, with a time limit.

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The only disadvantage is the need to redraw glyphs in a software that saves font files... Therein lies the rub — AutoCAD cannot create Truetype fonts. CorelDraw 3.0 can — that was the first program I used for editing Truetype fonts, but it was very hard work. Each character had to be exported from ...

Why keep on nagging about this? It has been requested many times, and is on the todo list. It won't happen for a while yet though, as far as I know. There are other more important things to fix first, and things are not always as simple to implement as they appear to be. If you like AutoCAD so much,...

On the files of type drop list EMF and WMF are listed.

I like the idea of merging position and move tabs: that should not be too difficult. Likewise, scale and size tabs could be merged by typing * 1.5 in the size field to scale by 150% etc. Making the interface fully customisable is a non-trivial task, and there is only one programmer — not a whole tea...

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Zoom in tool in conjunction with the Alt key to zoom out is pretty good.

Escape to select the pointer tool.

Forward slash to fit to window.

Hold down the space bar to pan with the mouse.

FontCreator doesn't support OpenType features yet. The only way is to add them with a third party application such as MS Volt, or OpenType Compiler.

Please see Adding OpenType Features

The OpenType Viewer referred to in that thread will show you what features are included in an OpenType font.

The way to do it like on YourFonts.com is to use Scanahand. FontCreator will import only one letter at a time, though you can speed up the process by using the method described in this tutorial: Scanning an Entire Alphabet

As long as you hold the copyrights to the original font, or if it uses a GNU license agreement — just copy and paste. By default, glyph outlines and metrics will be copied. To copy postscript names and/or mapping, using paste special.

I think I got something a bit mixed up there. You can set the caps height in Format, Settings, Ranges, if layout version 2 or 3 is selected. If you're not, the calculate option is greyed out, and the position of the Caps Height bearing line moves when the capital letter H is resized. The font metric...

The Caps Height is calculated from the capital letter H (if you're using Contents and Layout version 2 or 3). As you can see in the above illustration, the capital A is less than 9 points, as it needs to be to allow for accents. Ascenders on b and h may also be taller than the caps height in some fo...

Here are two lines of artistic text set in my DTP application, PagePlus. The font is 9 point (1/8") Verdana, and the line spacing is fixed at exactly 9 points. The grey rectangles are exactly 9 points x 4 points.
Do you understand what the problem is?

A quart won't fit into a pint pot. There is a limit to how big a 12 point font can be. As you found, if you increase the font size and don't adjust the metrics, the font just gets clipped. If you do recalculate the metrics, the font returns to its previous size. The only way the glyphs can get bigge...