User Guide

Chapter One
Modifying Your Fonts
Steps to Modifying Fonts
Opening Fonts
Changing Character Weight
About Font Piracy
Creating Oblique Fonts
Creating Fractions
Creating Ligatures
Creating Condensed Characters
Imagine an ideal world where you can create completely
new fonts without ever drawing a thing. Picture yourself in
this “Font Utopia,” creating new weights of your font, new
small caps versions, and new oblique typefaces—without
drawing a line, placing a point, or manipulating a curve.
Does the very concept sound so far-fetched as to be
beyond belief? Well, it’s not...because Fontographer lets
you create completely new fonts by modifying your existing
fonts.
Why would you want to modify a font instead of buying a
new one? The answer is simple: You’ve invested a lot of
money in the typefaces you own. Although many talented
people create their own from scratch, the easiest way to
create a completely new typeface is by modifying the fonts
you already have. Fontographer makes it so easy to modify
your existing typefaces, that you practically don’t even have
to think about it. So, if you don’t have to think about it...
what’s the point of this section? This section gives you
some quick ways to make modifications. Hopefully, it will
encourage you to create some outstanding typefaces of
your own.
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