User Guide

Rotate
The Rotate item allows you to rotate any character(s) or
selected parts of a character. You can choose for the
rotation to occur relative to the Basepoint, the Character
origin, or around the Center of selection or last mouse click
if you have selected objects in the Outline Window.
Scale
The Scale item allows you to resize selected characters. If
100% scaling is selected, Fontographer does not change the
size of the character(s). If you wish to make selected
characters smaller, use numbers below 100. If you wish to
make them larger, use numbers over 100.
You can scale the horizontal and vertical dimensions
separately if you wish. A 200% horizontal scaling coupled
with 100% vertical scaling will make selected characters
twice as wide while leaving them just as tall as they were
before the scaling operation.
You can choose whether Fontographer will scale from the
Basepoint, the Character origin, or around the Center of
selection or last mouse click if you have selected objects in
the Outline Window.
Scale Uniformly
Uniform scaling will resize selected characters uniformly,
with 100% representing the current size. Scale relative to
the Basepoint, the Character origin, or the Center of
selection.
Skew
The Skew item allows you to skew any character(s) or
selected parts of a character. The skewing will occur
relative to the Basepoint, the Character origin, or you can
skew around the Center of selection or last mouse click if
you have selected objects in the Outline Window. Positive
degrees of horizontal skew slant the character to the left;
negative degrees slant right.
Fontographer User's Manual
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