
You can usually leave the other Font Info settings that were not mentioned above at their factory settings. You may leave them custom or recalculate using Auto buttons. Values on the Font Dimensions page are individual for each font in the family. The sum of the absolute values of Ascender and Descender are usually equal or close to the font UPM size (e.g. The Ascender value should be positive, the Descender value should be negative (preceded with a minus sign) in the fields. Use average values if your styles de facto have different ascenders or descenders. Make sure your Ascender, Descender, LineGap and other values are uniform for all fonts in your family. We do not recommend you to change the UPM size after you finished your design, hinting, font kerning. On the Family Dimensions page, font UPM size can be 1000 for all formats, including TrueType-based.

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On the Legal page, fill in the Copyright, Trademark and License fields. Other fields on the Creator page are optional. Increase your minor version number if you revised your font and click on the Auto button at the right. Put a reasonable version number into the version field and click on the Auto button at the right. Click on the Now button to set the current date. If you don’t have one, register one at Microsoft Typography. On the Creator page, select your vendor ID from the Vendor popup menu. All information should be filled in there (although for Type 1 fonts, actually only a subset of the entries will be included in the generated fonts).
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Use the Build Names button for each font to generate Full Name, PostScript Name and Style Group Name automatically.Ĭheck the Creator and Legal pages. On the Names page, make sure that all text boxes and popup menus are filled in. Open File > Font Info and walk through all fonts of your family using the Next font and Previous font buttons.

Each style group name (SGN) listed in the Fonts panel should contain no more than 4 members (styles): All fonts in a single family should be grouped under one typographic family name (TFN). Open Window > Panels > Fonts and look at the family naming. Open all fonts that belong to your family in FontLab. Making a Font From Color Vector Graphicsīefore you export your font, make sure the most relevant aspects of the font are complete.Detecting Element References or Composites.
