User Guide

Transformations
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Autospacing
This action analyses the glyph’s outline and automatically calculates its
sidebearings. It uses the same algorithm that is used to automatically
calculate metrics in the Metrics window. Refer to the “Editing Metrics”
chapter for more information about the autospacing algorithm and
options.
Adjust Metrics
This action lets you change metrics or kerning by some given value or
percentage of the original value.
In the options area select the metrics that you want to change:
Enter the amount by which you want to adjust the values and select the
units (which can be font units or a percentage of the source value). Enter a
positive number to increase metrics distances or kerning or a negative
value to decrease them.
Normally metrics are measured from the bounding box. You can change
this, however, if you want, to measure from a measurement line by using
the check box.
A measurement line is horizontal line (defined in the Glyph Window) that
defines a “slice” which is used to measure the distance from outline to
sidebearings. Please, refer to page 305 in the “Editing Glyph” chapter.