User Guide

If you want to use a custom style name, be sure to let
Fontographer assign a standard style name first and then re-
assign your custom name. So, if you want to call your bold-
italic version of a font “fat slanted,” use the pull-down menu
and select “bold italic” first, then change the style name
to “fat slanted.”
This will allow Fontographer to recognize and assign the
proper style to your custom name.
Be sure to name your font before you save your database
file and generate a font. Otherwise your fonts will end up
with unusable names like “Untitled.ttf” (for a TrueType
font), and you’ll have to start over.
Saving your work
You save Fontographer database files via the Save or Save
As commands in the File menu. The database file is where
Fontographer stores all the parts needed to construct any
font. Just like you save documents in Microsoft Word, or
graphics in Macromedia FreeHand™, the database is
where you save your fonts in Fontographer.
The standard file saving dialog appears. You can name
your databases anything you like, because there’s no
relationship between the name of the actual font you’ll use
in your programs and the name of the database itself.
1. Choose “Save as” from the File menu.
Macintosh users have the option of creating and naming a
new folder to store a font in. You can save your font
directly to another folder, drive, or directory on all platforms.
2. Type in “MyFatFont.”
PC users will note that Fontographer automatically gives
you the name “MyFatFon.fog” if you also named
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