User Guide

FontLab 4
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Outline Optimization
With the Optimize command FontLab tries to automatically adjust the
outline to remove unnecessary elements and correct others.
To perform optimisation use the Optimize command in the Tools >
Options menu.
Optimisation does three things:
1. Removes unnecessary curve and line segments
2. Aligns vertical and horizontal lines that are not precisely directed.
3. Corrects the connection types of lines and curves.
You can control the optimize features with the Font Audit section of the
Options dialog box:
Outline
Simplification
level
Controls curve removal feature, from “do not simplify outline”
to “extreme”. The bigger value you choose – the more curves
FontLab will try to remove.
Auto-alignment
level
Controls auto-alignment feature in a range from “do not align”
to “extreme”.