User Guide

You can adjust the spacing even further from the Metrics
Window, or apply Auto Spacing again (with a different
value) until you get the “look” you like.
Fontographer also has Auto Kerning, which works in the
same easy manner as Auto Space. The rest of this
chapter covers both Auto Spacing and Auto Kerning in
more detail.
Spacing
Since “metal type pieces” don’t actually exist in the
computer, electronic type is not bound by the same kind of
physical limitations that used to apply to type production. In
fact, you even have to tell the computer how wide each
character is supposed to be, so it will know how much to
move over before placing the next character. That’s what
the handy width guide in Fontographer’s Outline Window is
for: you should place it where you want the next character
to begin with respect to the one you are modifying.
Determining proper widths for each character in a font is a
difficult task, because each letter can appear alongside any
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