User Guide

FontLab 4
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T h e Fo n t W i ndo w
The Font Window is used to display an entire font. It opens automatically
when you open an existing font for editing or choose to create a new font.
In FontLab you can open many fonts at once and every font will have its
own Font Window. The Font Window is a representation of the font, so
when you close this window the font will also close.
You can do a lot of things using the Font Window — from browsing a font
for a desired character to rearranging and remapping the font to editing
the Font info fields. The following sections of this chapter will tell you how
to use this window.
The Font Window consists of the header, which includes a few buttons and
two combo boxes, and a table of characters (character chart), where a
single cell represents each character:
Each cell has a caption showing the name of the character or its code in
various forms.