User Guide

font, go to the Font Window, Select All, and turn
Autohinting off and back on again.
What happens when Fontographer opens
TrueType fonts
Fontographer completely hints TrueType fonts when it
opens them. This happens for a number of reasons, not the
least of which is that Fontographer has to change the outline
format from quadratic to cubic.
Using a resource editor to tweak Fontographer 4.
1 on your Macintosh
The tips and notes in this highly technical section are
intended for the hacker. If you don’t know a salad fork
from a resource fork, then don’t proceed. We offer this
glimpse below the hood of Fontographer to people
experienced with how resources work on a Macintosh. If
you don’t qualify, but still want to try this, first get a
handbook on how to use ResEdit and learn it well before
proceeding.
Adding custom encoding vectors
What is a custom encoding vector? Different languages
have their own encoding vectors. It represents the layout of
the script or alphabet. In previous versions of Fontographer,
it was very difficult to set up a foreign language script. It
required setting new character names to each of the cells in
the font. In Fontographer 4.1 we have added two special
resources to the STR# resource in order to enable you to
set up a custom encoding vector with custom names. To
create your own custom encoding vector, you will need to
be familiar with the use of a Macintosh resource editor
such as Apple’s own ResEdit. The particular resources we
will begin looking at are id 384 and 386.
Before you begin, make a copy of Fontographer 4.1 to
work with. When Fontographer is open in ResEdit, you will
only be able to run one copy of Fontographer at once.
Therefore, you should work on a copy so as not to cause
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