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Then you can paste your character into the Outline Window
(where it will be used like a background template) and let
Fontographer autotrace the image. On the PC, take your
scanned image to an application like FreeHand or Adobe
Streamline where you can either copy from the
application and paste into Fontographer and then autotrace,
or save/export as an EPS and then import into Fontographer.
To paste an image into the Template layer:
It’s remarkably easy to paste an image into the Template
(or background) layer. Select an image from the “Scanned
images/Scanned.bmp” file on your Fontographer CD. In
this example, we use a scanned Vivaldi “f.”
1. On the Macintosh, copy the image from the
Scrapbook or Clipboard and “Paste” it into the
Outline Window. On the PC, copy the image from
Paint/Paintbrush, and paste it into Fontographer’s
Outline Window.
Fontographer will automatically paste the image into the
Template layer where it will be shown as a grayed-out
image.
To move a Template image:
1. Click the Template layer to select it.
2. Click the template image with the selection pointer.
A gray bounding box appears.
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