User Guide

FontLab 4
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Set Sidebearings
Use this action to change the sidebearings' values of the glyphs. You can set
new values for the left or right sidebearings or change these values by
entering the amount in font units. So if you think that your font needs
some more white space, just select this action, choose the Increase by
option in the list boxes and enter the value by which you want to increase
the sidebearings.
Here is a sample of increased glyph widths:
Center glyph
This action simply centers the glyph in the width vector:
Before centering After centering