User Guide

To make a new horizontal stem hint:
1. Select two points which define the stem:
2. Choose “Make Horizontal Stem” from the Hints menu.
To make a new serif hint:
There are two ways to do this:
1. You can start off with two hints.
In the case of a serif on a vertical stem, you need one hint
from the right side of the stem to the left side of the serif;
the other should be from the left side of the stem to the
right side of the serif. Hint direction doesn’t matter.
2. Select those two hints.
3. Choose “ Build Serif” from the Hints menu, and
those two hints will be replaced by a serif hint.
The other method is to select four points which define the
serif and choose “Make Horizontal Serif” or “Make
Vertical Serif” from the Hints menu.
To get the two separate hints back again, select the double-
headed serif hint, and choose “ Split Serif” from the Hints
menu.
To make a new diagonal hint:
1. Select four points which define the diagonal stem.
Fontographer User's Manual
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