User Guide

Hebrew and most European characters.
I spend a lot of time importing graphics and making
fonts out of them. But I am tired of having to have all
the programs open at once in order to do the “Option-
copy’ trick. Is there anything else I can do?
Yes! Fontographer 4.1 can import EPS files directly
(from Macromedia FreeHand or Adobe Illustrator) either
from the Outline Window or from the Font Window.
That means you can quickly and easily import graphics
without having to launch other applications.
Is the process of font generation still the same?
Pretty much, but there are some additional options. To
make font generation more approachable, we have divided
the dialog box into two modes: Easy and Advanced. Most
of the time you won’t want to be bothered with all the
choices and specifications possible for fonts. The Easy
mode has everything that is usually required. In the Easy
mode, simply choose the computer of interest (Macintosh
or PC), what sort of font to output (PostScript Type I,
TrueType, etc.), what bitmap sizes you want (if any), and
where to generate them. That’s right, you can now
explicitly tell Fontographer where to put the files it
generates. In addition, Fontographer will no longer create
the practically useless AFM field unless you specifically
ask for them! The Advanced mode has all the rest: choice
of encoding vectors, outline font ID’s, bitmap font ID’s,
AFM’s, etc., etc., etc.
For more information on Unicode, Cope Pages, cmap
tables, input systems, keyboard drivers, localization, etc.,
use a Web browser to search the World Wide Web via
http:.yahoo.com. Search for “language” or “fonts” and
you’ll find plenty of info and font nerds to talk to. Or
check out Multilingual Computing Magazine, 111 Cedar,
Sndpoint, ID 83864, [phone], [e-mail].
Fontographer User's Manual
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