Optical Metrics - Quick Preview

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Optical Metrics - Quick Preview

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I found that different fonts require different values for Optical Metrics. On my old hardware it takes 15-20 minutes to run. It would be good to have a quick preview so that one can test which value is likely to be best for a particular typeface. After that quick preview, its not difficult to undo and try again with a new value if its not quite right when tested on a full character set.

Here are some tests with values ranging from 16 to 27 for different typefaces. The screen shots were all taken with Kerning enabled.
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Re: Optical Metrics - Quick Preview

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In version 9.0 Professional Edition, the Optical Metrics feature now offers a preview.

Adjust the spacing factor or edit the preview text, then click the update button to generate a quick preview of how the preview text will look after generating optical metrics.
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