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well as all the kerning pairs and kerning values. These lists
can be printed out and compared with one another; you can
even edit the lists and re-import the metrics information!
Exporting metrics is easy: just choose “Export,” and
then “Metrics,” from the File menu. This will cause a
standard file dialog box to appear, along with a number of
choices for the kind of file to create: an AFM, PFM, or
Fontographer Metrics file (.met). With Fontographer, you
can, of course, import metrics from all the file types which
it can create.
The Fontographer Metrics file
The Fontographer Metrics file is a standard text file any
word processor can read. The reason for having a file like
this is that it is more pleasant to deal with than AFM or
PFM files. People who like seeing their metrics information
in a big long list can do so via this file. They can also edit
width and kerning values and even create new kerning pairs
by typing them in and entering kerning values! Then they
can import these metrics back into their fonts.
A Fontographer Metrics file looks like this:
FogMetricsFile
1000 emsquare
% Output character spacing
17 670 width
18 790 width
19 58 width
20 620 width
( ) 250 width
(!) 271 width
(“) 309 width
(#) 664 width
($) 585 width
(%) 736 width
Fontographer User's Manual
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