I'm trying to change the ascender and Descender values
(Format - Settings - Metrics ), but for some reason they won't change ...
help!
I hit OK, Save all, see that it's saving but the black lines don't move.
(Usually I just hit calculate, but in this case the end-user wants some overlap).
Can't change ascender / descender metrics ??
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Ascender, Descender and Line Gap are Macintosh specific metrics.
To change the top and bottom of a font; select Settings from the Format menu to open the Font Settings window and select the Metrics page. Here you can change the Win Ascent (Top) and Win Descent (Bottom). You should also update the other ascender and descender values. To update all values at once, press the Calculate button.
If this isn't helpful you might also want to try this:
In Format->Tables you might have to remove the VDMX table. If Windows does not locate this table in a font, it will calculate those values itself. This will take some extra milliseconds the first time it is loaded into the rasterizer. I don't think we should worry about that.
To regenerate this table you could use a utility from Microsoft called CacheTT, located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/tools/tools.htm
CacheTT is a utility to enable the modification of TrueType and TrueType Open files. Modifications include creation/ modification of one or more of the tables VDMX, hdmx and LTSH by calculating and caching values obtained from the Rasterizer. The resulting font is a complete and correct font.
To change the top and bottom of a font; select Settings from the Format menu to open the Font Settings window and select the Metrics page. Here you can change the Win Ascent (Top) and Win Descent (Bottom). You should also update the other ascender and descender values. To update all values at once, press the Calculate button.
If this isn't helpful you might also want to try this:
In Format->Tables you might have to remove the VDMX table. If Windows does not locate this table in a font, it will calculate those values itself. This will take some extra milliseconds the first time it is loaded into the rasterizer. I don't think we should worry about that.
To regenerate this table you could use a utility from Microsoft called CacheTT, located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/tools/tools.htm
CacheTT is a utility to enable the modification of TrueType and TrueType Open files. Modifications include creation/ modification of one or more of the tables VDMX, hdmx and LTSH by calculating and caching values obtained from the Rasterizer. The resulting font is a complete and correct font.
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Last edited by Erwin Denissen on Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Perhaps I should have added that before today I WAS able to change those values and see the font change in the Test window. (And I'm working in Windows)...
Edit - changing the Windows Ascender/Descender thingie moves the black line ( gosh I'm in a technical mood today..)
thanks!!
Edit - changing the Windows Ascender/Descender thingie moves the black line ( gosh I'm in a technical mood today..)
thanks!!
Last edited by highwaykind on Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
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