User Guide

Hinting
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O p t i o n s P a n e l
The main control center of the TrueType hinting tool is the Options panel:
Current PPM size
Preview of the current glyph
Delta instruction settigns
Point alignment options
Alignment of distances
Preview zoom buttons
The main use of this panel is for selection of the current PPM size. Use the
drop-down combo box to select one of the predefined values or enter your
own value in the edit field:
In the options preview window you can see a sample of the current
character. FontLab uses a real Windows TrueType rasterizer to render the
character, so this preview is exactly what you will see when you export a
TrueType font and use it in an application in a black-white mode.
Use the zoom selection buttons to enlarge the sample character:
Zoom buttons
All other options that can be set in this panel will be described later.