User Guide

Editing Font Metrics
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When you press the Save button the information you changed will be
stored in the font. If you press the Apply and Save button, FontLab will
generate the kern feature and class-based kerning will be applied if you
build the font in OpenType (or TrueType) format. Please note that this
Kerning assistance will not change any kerning in any of the pairs, it works
exclusively with the class-based OpenType-style kerning. If you want to
convert class based kerning to an old-style, plain kerning table, use the
method described in the “OpenType” chapter.
Buttons on the toolbar for working with the kerning data:
Open data file
Opens the data file with the kerning assistance
information. FontLab can open data files saved by itself
and kerning assistance files saved from Fontographer
®
.
In latter case FontLab will automatically generate
kerning classes and check them in the list similarly to
Fontographer
®
Kerning Assistance dialog box.
Save data file
Saves current kerning assistance information to a data
file so you can apply it to a different font.
Select all
Checks all items in the current list (left or right)
Deselect
Unchecks all items in the current list