User Guide

FontLab 4
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Effects
Increase your font library with this set of professionally designed effects.
From outline to 3D-shadow, to gradient fill – these transformation filters
always produce good results.
Bold/Outline
Increases the glyph’s weight or creates an outline version of the
glyph
College
Makes a double outline version of the glyph
Shadow
Generates a drop shadow
3D Extrusion Makes a “3D” version of the glyph
3D Rotate
Makes an illusion of a glyph rotated in 3D space
Gradient
Generates an illusion of a gradient fill
Random
Randomly moves nodes
Envelope
Applies one of the predefined envelope transformations
Bold/Outline
This is one of the most used actions in FontLab. With it you can precisely
change the weight of the glyph’s stems, make an outline version of the
glyph or change the contrast:
Original glyphs
Bold 20 units in both directions Keep glyph’s dimensions is ON