Yesterday evening I was thinking that in order to try to learn how to use the bold effect transform properly I needed a very basic font upon which the effect of the transform could easily be analyzed. That font could perhaps also be useful for learning about the effect of more complicated transforms.
Well, maybe one solid rectangle. Yet what about descenders?
In the event I produced the following font.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/IMPRESSR.TTF
Please note in particular the glyph in the place of the % character as it includes a counterclockwise contour.
I have tried producing two versions of a bold version using the glyph transformer, one using the Preserve side bearings checkbox unchecked and one using the Preserve side bearings checkbox checked.
I have done a preliminary experiment using bold italic, by first making a bold and then an italic of that font. I have also experimented with using the font with autometrics.
I am unsure as to whether the font will be of interest to assist in learning: however, I feel that it has helped me learn and maybe some readers might also find it of use.
William Overington
11 March 2008