User Guide

FontLab 4
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Editing Metrics
FontLab has a special window for editing glyph metrics, of course, but you
can make small adjustments right in the Glyph Window, using the main
edit tool.
To change glyph metrics first activate the Metrics layer in the Editing
layers panel:
Then use the mouse and drag the left or right sidebearing or the baseline.
In FontLab you can define a vertical advanced vector for the glyph (this
information is used in fonts which may type vertically, from top to
bottom). To define a vertical advanced vector, hold the
SHIFT key while
moving the base line: