User Guide

Contents
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Double Links 534
Interpolation 538
Delta Instructions 540
Middle Delta Instructions 541
Final Delta Instructions 546
Removing Instructions 548
Standard Stems 549
Advanced Options 554
Context Menu 555
Hinting Sidebearings 561
Hinting Composite Glyphs 562
Automatic TrueType Hinting 563
Working With Bitmaps 564
Importing Bitmaps 565
Editing Bitmaps 566
Highlight Differences 568
Exporting Bitmaps 569
Hinting Strategies 570
Middle Delta or Final Delta 570
Single Link or Double Link 572
Hinting White Space 574
Hinting Serifs 576
Hinting Diagonals 577
Hinting Symmetrical Characters 578
Interpolate or Not 579
MULTIPLE MASTER FONTS 581
Multiple Master Fonts Theory 582
Design Axes and Dynamic Range 584
Standard Axes 586
Design Coordinates and Weight Vectors 589
Extrapolation 591
Anisotropic Interpolation 592
The Axis Graph 593
Multiple Master Fonts in FontLab 594
Creation of MM Fonts in FontLab 595
Defining an Axis 596
Selecting a Master Font 598
Using an Axis Panel 600
Previewing the Intermediate Design 604
Designing Master Fonts 605
Multiple Master Metrics 614