How to resize font in FontLab?

How to resize font in FontLab?

Press the mouse button, and drag the mouse. You will see that the transformation rectangle is scaled non-proportionally. Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard to scale proportionally.

How do I merge fonts in FontLab?

Open the Fonts panel, select all the fonts (using Shift or Cmd ) and use Font > Merge to Layers . FontLab will create a new font with multiple font masters. Close source fonts and continue working with your new variable font.

What is units per em?

The units-per-em attribute specifies the number of coordinate units on the “em square”, an abstract square whose height is the intended distance between lines of type in the same type size. This is the size of the design grid on which glyphs are laid out.

How do you use Font Labs?

Open FontLab, and go to File > New Font… or press Cmd N to create a new font. What you see now is the Font Window. The Font Window displays all the glyphs that are in your font. Right now, it will show only one glyph, the .

How do you make a font family?

Font Family File XML

1. To create a new font family file, do one of the following: Open Notepad (or similar program) and save an empty text file with a . fontfamily file extension.
2. Name your . fontfamily file appropriately (leave the .
3. Open your . fontfamily file and edit the contents to configure the font family.

How do I get rid of overlap in FontLab?

To apply Remove Overlap to another element in the glyph, switch to that element first. Like most other contour operations, Remove Overlap can be applied to all glyphs selected in the Font window (or Font Map panel).

Why do we use em instead of PX?

The main reason for using em or percentages is to allow the user to change the text size without breaking the design. If you design with fonts specified in px, they do not change size (in IE 6 and others) if the user chooses text size – larger. This is very bad for users with visual handicaps.

What are the dimensions of a font in Fontlab?

This includes baseline, the ascender and descender lines, safe top and safe bottom, and the line gap. Font dimensions are the dimensions common for the entire font. This includes Caps-height, x-height, italic angle etc.

How to get the same font size in different fonts?

To get a text string to render in the same visible size when set in different fonts, the font that has a larger UPM size must be scaled with a smaller scale factor. FontLab supports fractional coordinates for all nodes, metrics, etc. Turning off Contour > Coordinates > Round when Editing allows FontLab to perform all operations in fractional space.

How does FontLab compare metrics of glyphs?

FontLab will attempt to link metrics of these key glyphs to others in the font. There are two ways in which FontLab can compare glyphs – Optically compare shapes of glyphs or Compare only sidebearing values – when linking glyoh metrics.

How to link metrics in Fontlab Studio 5?

Linking metrics in Fontlab VI replaces the concept of Metrics Classes from Fontlab Studio 5. With this feature, you can link the metrics of one glyph with another, both manually and automatically. Metrics links are updated automatically, but this can be controlled in Preferences > Spacing > Automatically update linked metrics.