Hi, I had previously written to get help on making a font thinner. I got wonderful instructions using the glyph transformer, effects, and thin. I tried this again this evening with a differnt font, and the prgram started acting strangely. After applying my formula for the weight, the glyphs all started flashing for about 30 seconds. The font did get thinner, but it also filled in all the loops on certain letters.. a p q. It made these and other lower case letters a solid black character with no white space in the circular part of the letter. Is this a glitch, or is there something I can do to have this not occur.
Thanks, Merrill
The contours probably crossed over. Zoom in and take a close look in points mode. You may need to use lower values for the transform or make some manual adjustments to the nodes.
Try using the Glyph Validation Toolbar and it will tell you about problems in the glyph.
You may want to try something totally different.
Open any glyph editing window, go to contour mode, use the mouse to select all, grab the upper right hand corner and Stretch the whole glyph to the desired size.
Having Guide lines at the desired height will help.