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MAPPING
Mappings -
Character to Glyph Index Mappings

character encoding
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) 0xD800 - 0xDBFF
) 0xDC00 - 0xDFFF
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(Low Surrogate Area
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word processors
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word processors
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(Format > Post)

.
.
.
word
.
DTP applications
drivers
.
Generate Names
processors
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SMOOTHIMG (1)
SMOOTHIMG - Overview
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SMOOTHING (
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rasterization
.grayscale-capable devices
hinting
rasterizer
.
(
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.
rasterizer
monochrome rendering
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Times New Roman

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Bitstream Inc. B
Agfa Corporation C
Bigelow & Holmes H
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2 Serif Line
3 Serif Triangle
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5 Serif Block
6 Serif Bracket
7 Rounded Bracket
8 Flair Serif, Modified Sans
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10 Script Joining
11 Script Calligraphic
12 Script Broken Letter
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2 Serif/Contrasting
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string ASCII 16-byte

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font print
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to all F>s
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0xFFFFFFFF37FFFFFE - Windows 3.1 ANSI
0xFFFFFFFF36FFFFFE - Macintosh
0xFFFFFFFF3BFFFFFE - ISO 88591- Latin 1
0xFFFFFFFF0BFFFFFE - ISO 88591,2,9- Latin 1,2,5
:
italic
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
index
ASCII (supports several standard interpretations)

Latin 1 extensions
Latin 2 extensions
Latin 5 extensions
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Accent Extensions (East and West Europe)
PCL Extensions
Macintosh Extensions
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TNRB00 - Times New Bold
TNRJ00 - Times New Bold Italic
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COUI00 - Courier Italic
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B
J
D
E
K
G
L
P
C
A
F
H
S
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Demibold
Demibold Italic, Demibold Oblique
Black
Black Italic, Black Oblique
Light
Light Italic, Light Oblique
Condensed
Condensed Italic, Condensed Oblique
Bold Condensed
Bold Condensed Italic, Bold Condensed Oblique
Semibold (lighter than demibold)
Semibold Italic, Semibold Oblique
.
Tables
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.
16
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hinting
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.(Tools > Options > Font > When opening Font Files)
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.
.TableOffsetOrder.txt
.
Unsupported
Times New Roman

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Supported 16
.
7
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.Remove Hinting
Unsupported
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GDEF
.
Glyph Substitution Data

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GSUB
Definition Data
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.
SETTINGS
HEADER
Settings - Header - Overview
:
Horizontal
Global
/
Settings
Header
.Font Header Flags
.(Format > Settings > Header > Edit)
Content and Layout Version
Code Page Character
:
.Range
.Additional Metrics fields

Unicode Character
(
) Font revision version
Font revision version

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2048
.Ranges
4
.16384 16
Units Per Em
2
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spaces and punctuation

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Scripts
Times New Roman
Only Strong Left to
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.
Tahoma
Font Header Flags
Font Header Flags
.Font Header Flags
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Date and Time
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Font Embedding Licensing Rights
Font
Font Vendor Identification
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.
.
.
Settings - Header -
Font Header Flags
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12
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.
10
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.
Settings General
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embedding flags
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Preview &
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Font Embedding Licensing Rights
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vendor
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read-only
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read-write
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GENERAL
Settings - General - Overview
.
.(Format > Settings > General) :
recommended sizes
Subscript, horizontal
Subscript, vertical
Subscript x offset
Subscript y offset
.
.
Superscript, horizontal
Superscript, vertical
baseline
.
Superscript x offset
Superscript y offset
.
.
style
.
em dash
2048
460
Strikeout size
Strikeout
strikeout line
.
.
102
Strikeout position
baseline
baseline
Strikeout position
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2048
.(Dashes
Additional Information
Italic Angle
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Caret
upright text
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.(
Caret Slope Rise

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General
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12 -
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Underline Position
baseline
Underline Thickness
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:
underlineThickness
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.
Fixed Pitch
proportion
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monospaced
Caret Slope Rise
Caret Slope Run
slanted highlight
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Caret Offset
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(
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(
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Slope Run
General
Italic Angle
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Settings
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rise and run
Caret Cursor
.
.
italic angle
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italicAngle
)
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(
Caret Slope Run
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.
.
programmatically
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)
.
Caret Slope Run
Caret Slope Rise

.
Uppercase Flat height
points mode
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Caret Slope Rise
Caret Slope Run

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10
.Caret Slope Run
0.17632 10
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.Additional Metrics
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spacing
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26
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14
27
35
100
20
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6
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56
56
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capital letters
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.
:
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
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baseline
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font class
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.
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Regular
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Font Design
.Font Design
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(1)
RANGES
Settings - Ranges - Overview
(Unicode
.(Ranges
mappings
Calculate
blocks
ranges
Unicode
.Windows platform
Content
Edit
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)
.
Layout
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ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM
ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM
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Basic Arabic
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Arabic Presentation Forms-A
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Calculate
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Unicode
.Windows platform
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:
Symbol character set
Windows Symbol
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.
.
.symbol character set
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code page
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PANOSE
.
(Format > Settings > Panose)
typefaces
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)
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http://www.panose.com/
Font Properties
.
.(Font > Font Properties)

.
.
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.(
NumGlyphs
maxPoints
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.
maxCompositePoints
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CVT
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.
top level
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maxZones
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Y Minimum for all glyph bounding boxes
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.
TOOLS
Glyph Transformer (1)
Tools) .
wizard (
Batch
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.
40
.bold
Small Capitals
.
italic
Ligatures
.
.
Actions
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.
:
.
Using Glyph Transformations
http://www.high-logic.com/fcptutorials.htm1 :
Transform wizard
AUTO METRICS
AutoMetrics - Glyph Selection
.
.(Tools > Automatic Metrics) .

.
.
Ctrl
.
Shift
.
.
Next
AutoMetrics - Metrics
left side bearing
.
)
90
digit characters
fixed
advance width
Calculated
left side bearing
Fixed
advance width
Finish
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AUTOKERN
AutoKern - Setup
Automatic Kerning wizard
.
.( Tools > AutoKern)
Automatic Kerning
load
wizard
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.Automatic Kerning wizard
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.
.
Ctrl
.
Shift
Next
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)
.
.
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kerning values
Next
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Finish
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Back
AUTONAMING
AutoNaming - Font Family Name
AutoNaming wizard
.(Tools > AutoNaming)

English
(Unicode or Symbol
.Macintosh Roman
Full
Font subfamily name
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Font subfamily name
Metrics
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)
Font
.
)
:
font name
.
Font Design
Settings
Next
.
Font Design
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Font subfamily name
AutoNaming - Suggested
Font
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Font
Name Fields
:
Full font name
:
subfamily name
.
(> Naming
.
revision
Version String: use Font revision -> Version from Font Settings ->
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Font revision Version
.
Font Settings
.
(Format > Settings > Header)
.
Header
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Naming
.
Back
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Import Image
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Glyph Edit window
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500 500
100 100
1
.
Load
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Threshold level
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Negative image
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.
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Dilation
erosion
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Smooth Filter
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Import Mode
.
bar code fonts
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Trace
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.
drag and drop
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.
.
Glyph
Generate
:
:
Import Vector Image
.
(
.
)
explorer
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TrueType Collection
.
TTC
Extract TrueType Fonts from TrueType
.
Collection wizard
Source file
Destination folder
Destination file prefix
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External Tools
Fonts folder
Launch Externals
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Character Map
PRINTING
Printing - Print Font

Print Font
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.
.print a glyph
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.
.
.Font Properties window

Kerning
Print Glyphs
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.
Print Properties
Print Kerning pairs
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Printing - Print Glyph
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(File > Print)
print
.
.a font
FONT VALIDATION
Font Validation - Setup

Font Validation
.(
.
) validation test
)
-
.
.( Font > Validate)
)
wizard
:
:(
Duplicate components
.(
).
Empty components
Duplicate contours
)
.
Contours with one or two points
Off-curve extreme coordinates
local
.( Tools > Options > Validation)
local
bounding
( Tools > Options > Validation)
Add on.Validation toolbar
bounding box
global
global bounding box

bounding box
.
. box
Redundant points
Duplicate knots
curve extremes
Intersecting coordinates
glyph members
:
Older PostScript Level 2 drivers do not support overlapping
Contours with unknown direction
.contours
Contours with incorrect direction
.
.
:
:
Intersecting coordinates
Duplicate contours
.Contours with unknown direction
:
Font Validation - Results
validation
.
.
TESTING AND INSTALLING FONTS
MainType
font manager
.
.
MainType
.
http://www.high-logic.com :
Character Map
Windows Character Map
.
Programs
Start
Character
System Tools
Accessories
System
Character Map
.Map
Tools
.
.
Character Map
.Select
.Copy
.Ctrl-V
Install Windows Character Map
:
Settings
Start
.Control Panel
.Add/Remove Programs
System
.Tools
.Details
(
)
:
page layout
word processor
Alt
NUM
.
:
.
LOCK
Alt + 0 + 133
: ellepsis
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XP 2000
) WordPad
.
character>s hexadecimal code
Alt+X
.
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2002)
)
(ASCII
.
Alt+X
0x10FFFF
.
International Keyboard
United
Alt
English-US
.(
) States-International
:
Start
.Control Panel
.Language
.Add
.International
.
Settings
Keyboard
United States-
Alt
.
.
.
Ctrl
.Regional and Language Options

Test your Fonts
.
.
.(
.Test window
.
FC Test Font
)
.
.(FC Test Font 66493
.
.
)
.012345
Installing Fonts
Font >)
.Font Installation wizard
Font Installation wizard

.font is installed successfully
.(Install
:
:
.
.
Inatsll New font

TOOLBARS
Toolbars - Overview
.
.
.
.
Grid
Drawing
Standard
.
(View > Toolbars)
.Glyph
.
.
:
.floating
docked toolbar
Validation
Comparison
Toolbars - Transform
simple
Size
Morror
.Bearings
.
Rotation
Transformation
:
Background Image
.
.
Position
Skewe
Preview
F11 F9 F8 F7 F6
.glyphs
Scale
Movement
Toolbars - Validation
View)
Show
Tools > Options >) .
) .(
.
F7
(> Toolbars > Validation
) glyph validation report
.real-time)
:
real-time
.(Validation
.
.
.(Tools > Options > Validation)
Enable real-time glyph problem
detection
Refresh
Save report
Show intersecting components and
.
.
contours
Show warning points
Correct contour directions
:
.Intersecting coordinates
Remove duplicate components and
Remove empty
:
Duplicate contours
contours
components and contours with one and two points
Remove redundant points
Add on-curve extremes
.
.
Toolbars - Preview
.
kerning
non-ASCII characters
<CODE>
<CODE>\
hexadecimal 4-digit
.
\
.(
:
:
Toolbars - Background
.(
.
)
.
Load
scale
Toolbars - Comparison
(
.Comparison
.
Image
.
position
non-ASCII characters
<CODE>
<CODE>\
(hexadecimal 4-digit)
.
\
Toolbars - Samples
/
.
.
Tools > Options >) .
.
.(Samples
CUSTOMIZING FONTCREATOR
Options - General
.(Tools > Options)
NT 2000 XP
.(Windows Vista)
.
Options - Sample
Tools >)
)
.(Options > Samples
.
Options - Font
Tools >)
.
(
)
.(Options > Font
:
Always create backup copy (bak)
.
(bak.
.ttf
Optimize name table
hmtx Compress hmtx table
Exclude monospaced fonts
hmtx
Recalc glyph bounding boxes
Update Modified DateTime field
Header
Recalc average char width
Average Char Width

. Settings
) Long-aligned local offsets
.
Settings
General
Set left side bearing
point at x=0
Exclude Large Fonts
(1500)
Options - Overview
Tools)
.
.
.(
) ((1500+
.(
.(> Options > Overview
.
Show caption
:
)
/
.
.
.(
:
.composite glyph(s)
:
:
:
:
Smooth glyphs
Show sample in empty glyphs

.
.
(
.Font used by samples

Arial Unicode MS
)
.CJK
Arial
50377
Insert
(XP
Arial Unicode MS
Insert Characters
(
Caption
.
Options - Glyph
Tools >)
.
(
:
)
.(Options > Glyph
Options - Edit
Tools >)
)
.(Options > Edit
Max. count
check box
[Max. size [KB (
check box
999999
Options - Naming
Tools >)
999999
1
(
)
.(Options > Naming
Default Naming for New Fonts
.
.
Version String: use
:
) Font revision version
Font Settings
.AutoNaming wizard
.
<year>
Font revision
(
)
Options - Validation
Tools >)
.(Options > Validation
Real-time glyph validation

.
Show glyph problem
.Glyph Problem Report
Off-curve extreme coordinates

.
.
report
)
:
.Font Validation
Options - Advanced
Tools >)
:
(
.(Options > Advanced
:Warn before sorting glyphs
Warn before
activating the fix feature in the Font Validation Wizard
Tools >)
(Options > Font

Warn before activating a remove feature from the Options > Font
page
Warn before
.
executing Glyph Transformer script
.Transform wizard
Warn before adding characters
.Insert Characters
Warn before adding characters

Warn before opening 10 or more
10
.fonts
Grid Options
Tools >)
.Grid Options
(Grid Options
.style
(
.
!
Show Grid
Snap
Snap to Grid
.
Snap to Grid
to Grid
.View
GUIDELINES (
Guidelines - Options
Guidelines - Options
(Tools > Guidelines Options)
Snap
Snap to Guidelines
.( )
Show Guidelines
Lock Guidelines
.
.
.View
Lock
to Guidelines
:Guidelines Options
.
New
.
Modify
.
Clear
Shift
.
)
Add
.
.Delete
Ctrl
.
.
(
Bounding Guidelines
bounding box
:
.
.
.
Guidelines - Guideline
.
.
(
.
Line Type
Line Position
Keyboard Shortcuts
.shortcut keys
.
General Shortcuts
Go to Bookmark
Set Bookmark
Next Window
Previous Window
Help
Find Next postscript
Name
Show/Hide Statusbar
Close Window
Test Font
Show/Hide Transform
Toolbar
Show/Hide Glyph Validation Toolbar *
Show/Hide Preview
Toolbar
Show/Hide Image
Toolbar
Activates the Main
Menu
Ctrl+ 0-9
Ctrl+Shift+ 0-9
Ctrl+Tab (or
Ctrl+F6)
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
F1
F3
(
F4
Ctrl+F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
Displays the shortcut

menu for a selected
item.
Show/Hide Comparison
Toolbar
Launch Windows Font
Folder
Show/Hide Samples
Toolbar
Launch Windows Character Map
Delete selection
Select All
Copy
Paste Special
Displays the Find dialog box
Open Installed Fonts
New Font
Open Font
Print
Repeat
Save
Invert Selection
Clear Selection
Paste
Cut
Redo
Undo
Shift-F10
/
F11
Ctrl-F11
F12
Ctrl-F12
Delete
Ctrl-A
Ctrl-C
Ctrl-E
Ctrl-F
Ctrl-I
Ctrl-N
Ctrl-O
Ctrl-P
Ctrl-R
Ctrl-S
Ctrl-T
Ctrl-U
Ctrl-V
Ctrl-X
Ctrl-Y
Ctrl-Z
Glyph (
Overview window
To glyph's properties
Open Glyph Edit window
Clear selected glyphs
The first 256 characters
mapped to the selected
glyphs will be placed into
the preview toolbar
Increase the cell size
Decrease the cell size
Alt+Enter
Enter
Backspace
P
256
Plus Sign
Minus Sign
Glyph Edit window

Increase the zoom
factor
Decrease the zoom
factor
To previous glyph
To next glyph
To glyph's properties
Change selected
points to on curve
Change selected
points to off curve
Add guideline (two
points need to be
selected)
Plus Sign or
Ctrl+Plus Sign
Minus Sign or
Ctrl+Minus Sign
Alt+Left Arrow
Alt+Right Arrow
Alt+Enter
N
F
)
Add points after

selected points
While pressed down,
hides everything
except the glyph
Select previous
contour/point index
or composite glyph
member
Select next contour/
point index or composite glyph member
Fit to Window
Move around the
Glyph Edit window
While editing an
empty or simple
glyph, this will
switch contour/point
mode.
While editing a composite glyph, this will
open the composite
glyph member properties window.
Edit guidelines
Adjust guideline
A
H
.
W
/
Space+Left
mouse button
Double-click
.
.
Double-click on
rulers
Double-click on
guideline
Rotate guideline
Duplicate guideline
show/hide rotate and
skew handles
Constrain movement
and scaling
Duplicate selected
contour
Shift-click on
guideline
Ctrl+Drag guideline
Click on selected
contour
Shift+Mouse
Ctrl+Mouse

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Contour Curve Path

FontCreator 6.0 6.0

(> User Manual

Glyph Overview window

Glyph Edit window

a point onto the contour

.Glyph Overview window

Glyph Overview window

) Import ToolBar > Image

Test and Install the Font

(Font > Test)

Font Installation wizard

.(Font > Install)

.(End User License Agreement, EULA)

.(File > New)

.View and Modify Naming Fields

(File > Save)

(File > Save as)

(File > Close)

(Edit > Undo)

(Edit > Redo)

(Edit > Redo)

(Edit > Repeat)

(Edit > Find)

.Part of Postscript Name

Tools > Options > Overview > Caption

Left Side Bearing

(Insert > Characters)

next and previous block

.Find Part of Character Name

.(Tools > Options > General > values)

Copy and Paste Glyphs

Glyph Outline Data

Keep same mappings

Assign mappings to the glyph

,(dows Unicode BMP (UCS-2

$20AC or 8364 | * | EURO SIGN

.(Font > Test)

:Mac Style fields

(Format > Settings > Classification > Weight)

.Windows Unicode BMP (UCS-2)

.Windows Unicode BMP (UCS-2)

Format > Platform) :

Code Page Character

Unicode Character Ranges

Symbol Character Set

-Monospaced versus Pro

(Tools > AutoMetrics) :

Font Header Flags

(Format > Settings > General> Aditional Information)

(Format > Tables) :

(File > New)

(File > New)

(Format > Settings > Ranges)

Quotes and Ellipsis

left single quotation mark

right single quotation mark

left double quotation mark

right double quotation mark

Sample Unicode MacChar

Other suggested glyphs

Symbol code points

.Glyph Index Mappings