different distances between the characters (symbols)

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Guenther
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different distances between the characters (symbols)

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Hi,
I have created some symbols for a font that I use for my personal graphic needs. When I insert them one after the other in Word, I notice that some of the spacing is different.

My procedure:
1. symbols drawn in CorelDraw
2. converted each individual symbol into a bitmap in CorelDraw and saved it as a wmf file
3. changed this wmf-file in irfanView to 250x250 pixels and saved it as jpg
4. imported into FontCreator as image, set resize to 150 % and moved the graphic to the following coordinates: Y 1570 / -325, X 75 / 1965
5. same for all symbols

How does the different symbol spacing come about, does anyone have an explanation?
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Günther

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Re: different distances between the characters (symbols)

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It seems the side-bearing need some attention. You can set them in the glyph edit window and through the glyph properties toolwindow. It is al explained in the manual.
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Re: different distances between the characters (symbols)

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

Guenther wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 5:46 pm 2. converted each individual symbol into a bitmap in CorelDraw and saved it as a wmf file
3. changed this wmf-file in irfanView to 250x250 pixels and saved it as jpg
Why are these extra steps necessary? You can import bitmaps into FontCreator, or simply copy/paste.
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Re: different distances between the characters (symbols)

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Thank you for your feedback. I only use FontCreator as a hobby from time to time and don't have much experience with creating fonts, and I don't have the background information, which is also a science. That's why the explanations in the manual are often difficult for a layman to understand. Even more so, because I first have to translate it into German, then it's easier for me to understand.

@Erwin; I will have a closer look at the side-bearing, thank you.

@Bhikkhu; my approach was certainly a bit complicated, I had initially inserted the symbols in FontCreator by simply importing finished bitmaps and had already noticed the problem of the different distances, so I wanted to make sure that objects of the same size were actually created, hence the diversions via CorelDraw.
best regards
Günther

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Re: different distances between the characters (symbols)

Post by Guenther »

Hi Erwin,
I have set the side-bearings the same for all symbols, now it works perfectly. Thank you again.
best regards
Günther

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