User Guide

relationship will enable better use of fonts in general.
Fontographer 4.1 generates three varieties of bitmap fonts:
one specifically for use as a screen image on the Macintosh,
the .bmap (called “NFNT” in the bitmap selection box), one
used as a screen image in Windows, the .fon—and one
intended for distribution to other platforms (which may
require further customization)—the BDF.
The bitmap sizes entered in the Bitmap Information dialog
are stored in your database.
These are not output to a file until you say so in the
Generate Font files dialog. If you won’t be hand-editing
your bitmaps, then there is no compelling reason to use this
dialog.
Adding bitmap sizes
Type the desired point sizes in the Bitmap sizes to output
field and click “Generate.” Adding a new size will
automatically generate all the characters for the newly
added size(s). They are limited to sizes between 1 and 255
points.
Deleting bitmap sizes
Unwanted bitmap sizes can be removed from the database
file by removing the size from the “Bitmap point sizes” field
in the “Bitmap Information” dialog. Fontographer will
display a warning message before it deletes the bitmaps.
Bitmap format
None
This option is provided to disable bitmap generation. In the
instances where simple changes have been made to the
Fontographer User's Manual
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