User Guide

Glyph Window
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I m p o r t i ng an d Ex p o r t i n g Gl y p h s
The most common format for contour-based data is Encapsulated
PostScript (EPS). Because this format is a native format of a well-known
contour-manipulation program, Adobe Illustrator, another name for it is
Adobe Illustrator format (AI). If we go deeper, we see that EPS is much
more common than AI, but due to a well-defined internal structure AI
format has become a standard way of exchanging contour-based graphics.
With FontLab you can export any glyph as an AI-compatible file and use it
in any other program and you can import any EPS/AI file (compatible with
Adobe Illustrator) to add to any glyph of your font.
To export a glyph as an EPS/AI file:
1. Select the Copy to EPS command from the Glyph menu.
2. Select the export directory and enter the name of the EPS/AI file in the
standard File Save dialog box.
3. Press the OK button in the dialog box, and the EPS/AI file will be
exported to the designated directory.
To add an EPS/AI file to the current glyph:
1. Select the Paste from EPS command from the Glyph menu.
2. Choose the file that you want to add in the standard File Open dialog
box.
3. Press the OK button in the File Open dialog box, and the EPS/AI file
will be imported, added to the current glyph, and selected to simplify
its modifications.