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weight of your character (or entire font) without affecting
the vertical or horizontal size of the character.
Go back to the “v” and select “Undo Change Weight” from
the Edit menu to undo the changes you performed in the
last exercise. Repeat the exercise above, but check
the “Don’t change vertical size” option before you
click “OK.”
Look at the difference in the two options. You can try the
option with the “Don’t change horizontal size” option next.
Now try the exercise with both options checked.
You can now apply the desired weight to the entire font, or
just selected characters. From the Font Window, use the
pointer tool to click and Shift-click on the desired
characters. (You can choose them all by choosing “Select
All” from the Edit Menu.) Then repeat the procedure above
to apply the selected changes to the desired characters.
Naming your font
You can name your font by choosing “Font Info” (-General
on the PC) from the Element menu. The Font Information
dialog appears. For this exercise, name your font something
simple like “Garamond-Fat.” (Don’t forget the hyphen
before the Style Name.) For more information about
naming your font, refer to the section “The menu name” in
Chapter 7, “Generating and Exporting Fonts.”
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