User Guide

FontLab 4

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Toolbar

With the Toolbar you can select the hinting direction, the current visual

instruction tool, and the layers that appear in the editing field of the Glyph

Window. You can also open and close the Preview and Program panels.

Here is a detailed description of the Toolbar buttons:

Set vertical direction. Sets visual instruction tools to work in the vertical

direction. I.e. create vertical links, alignment, interpolation and deltas.

Instructions in different directions are independent of each other.

Set horizontal direction

Select Align command

Select Single Link command

Select Double Link command

Select Interpolate command

Select Middle Delta command

Select Final Delta command

Switch TrueType hinting tool to bitmap mode

Show Preview panel

Open the Options menu