User Guide

FontLab 4

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Direct links to center of the glyph where possible

FontLab can try to hint starting from the left sidebearing and going to the

right or starting from both sidebearings and going to the center of the

glyph. Use this option to customize the hinting direction:

Automatically interpolate the position of cusp points

A Cusp is a point where the contour sharply changes direction:

If this option is on, FontLab will generate an Interpolate command that

will link the cusp point to one of the links:

Try to automatically generate delta instructions

Our research shows that it is useful to include small middle delta

commands at the end of links that connect round parts of the glyph:

Use this option to control this feature.