User Guide

FontLab 4
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The bottom position in the dialog box is occupied by the “Second preview
string” control. Text that you enter here will appear as the second line in
the Metrics window:
Note that this second line is not editable and is used to make visual
comparison to the editing metrics of other glyphs in the font.
Navigating in the Sample String
Use the and buttons on the Tools toolbar to move to the previous
or next glyphs in the string. These buttons are useful if one of the
glyphs has a negative width value.
You can also use the
PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys on the keyboard to
navigate in the sample string.
To scroll the window you can press the space bar and scroll the Metrics
window with the hand tool.