User Guide

FontLab 4
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A b o u t th i s Ma n u a l
This manual covers the Windows version of FontLab 4.6.
The following chapters describe all of FontLab’s features in full detail. They
are organized to cover all the functions in their usual sequence.
FontLab User Interface
This chapter covers the basic definitions of the FontLab user interface and
its customization and gives a short description of all the FontLab editing
windows and panels.
Editing Fonts
This chapter explains how to modify fonts, copy characters, change
encoding tables, select characters for editing, and edit font info fields.
The Font Header
This chapter provides a detailed description of the Font Header data and
the FontLab tools intended to manage it.
The Glyph Window
FontLab includes powerful outline-editing tools that are described in this
chapter.
Editing Font Metrics
If you want to create a professional-looking font you have to edit the font’s
metric data. The glyphs’ widths, sidebearings, and kerning can be edited in
FontLab automatically or manually. This chapter shows you how.
Transformations
From scale to drop shadow, from autohinting to autospacing - more than
25 transformation filters can help you instantly expand your font
collection. This chapter gives detailed descriptions of all the
transformations and their usage in FontLab.