Fontographer 5.0 Manual

font editor For Designers – PostScript, TrueType, Unicode, OpenType User’s manual for Mac OS X Fontographer 5 Copyright © 2005-2010 by Fontlab, Ltd. All rights reserved. Cover illustration: Paweł Jońca, pejot.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the publisher. Any software referred to herein is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. Fontographer, FontLab , FontLab logo , ScanFont, TypeTool , SigMaker, AsiaFont Studio, FontAudit and VectorPaint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Fontlab, Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Apple , the Apple Logo , Mac , Mac OS , Macintosh and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Adobe , PostScript, PostScript 3, Type Manager, FreeHand, Illustrator and OpenType logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Windows , Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows Vista and OpenType are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. THIS PUBLICATION AND THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS FURNISHED AS IS, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY FONTLAB, LTD. FONTLAB, LTD. ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES, MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY) WITH RESPECT TO THIS PUBLICATION, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. User manual release 5.0 [6/2010] 2 Contents CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 13 Getting the most out of your Fontographer materials 14 System requirements 15 Support 15 BASICS 17 Setting preferences 18 Platform consistency 18 Undo 19 Editing 19 Point display 21 Windows and dialog boxes 21 The UPM size …