User Guide

FontLab User Interface
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Directories
When we have to refer to one of the directories created during FontLab
installation, we will use the following syntax:
FontLab/[directory name]
Where FontLab is the name of the folder where you have installed FontLab
4 (usually /Program Files/FontLab/FontLab4) and [directory name] is the
name of the directory, as in the example below:
FontLab/data
Mouse
Click the mouse on some
object
Position the mouse cursor on the object and click the
left mouse button
Right-click some object
Position the cursor on the object and click the right
mouse button
Ctrl-click something Position the cursor over “something”, hold down the
C
TRL key on the keyboard and click the left mouse
button.
Drag some object Position the cursor on the object, press the left mouse
button and move the mouse to move the object.
Release the mouse button when you’re done.
Context Menu
Most windows and panels in FontLab have attached context menus. To
open the context menu, right-click an empty area in the window or panel.