![]() Move them by dragging them to their new position.If you want to learn what new features AFDKO 2.5 brings, please access the article entitled “ AFDKO 2.5 is released!” on typblography blog, the author is Read Roberts who develops and maintains AFDKO. Select a node or handle by clicking it, or several of them by Shift-clicking them one by one. Now fine-tune your curves by adjusting the nodes and handles using the Contour tool ( A). To close the contour, click its starting node. Hold down the mouse and drag to create a curve and set the length of its handle. The Pen tool can also be used to draw curves. Drag the mouse to the position of the next node and click again to make a straight line. Once the Pen tool is selected, click in the Editing area. Then switch to the Pen tool ( P), FontLab’s traditional Bézier drawing tool, to draw the right stem of the n and the arm that joins it to the left one. Select it in the Toolbar, and to draw a rectangle, just click and drag. You are probably familiar with this tool from other vector drawing applications, like Adobe Illustrator. Start with the Rectangle tool ( I) to draw the left stem of the n. The Toolbar is docked to the left, and the Property Bar is on the top. Zoom buttons at the bottom-right of the Editing area allow you to quickly change the zoom. This is where you edit and view your drawings. The Glyph Window has an Editing Area in the center. Double-click the n another time to open it in the Glyph window. You will know that the glyph has been created when the background of that cell changes to white and the placeholder becomes grey. To start drawing, double-click the letter n, or select it and hit Return to create the glyph. Similarly, o will give you the curves that will be reused in c and e, as well as b, d, p and q. You’ll see them all grouped together in the Font window. These two shapes get repeated in m, h, r and u. Why start with them first? n is a typical rectangular glyph: it will give you the vertical stem as well as the arm that joins two stems. The first letters we’ll draw are the lowercase n and o. We will keep things simple, and draw a sans serif in this tutorial. When you are done, press Apply and then Ok.ĭon’t forget to save by going to File > Save Font… or using the shortcut Cmd S. These values can be changed later, so don’t worry too much! We are only entering them now to give ourselves some structure to work within. Select Family Dimensions from the left of the Font Info dialog, and enter values for Ascender and Descender, and in Font Dimensions, enter values for Caps Height and x Height. To do this, click the Font Info icon in the top-left corner. This will ensure that the letters you draw are of consistent height. ![]() ![]() Once you have the design DNA figured out, you can change the encoding to suit the scale of your project.īefore you start drawing, it is good to define some basic vertical metrics. This will bring up the special Drawing encoding, which is organized in such a way that you see all the glyphs that look alike together – an advantage when you are still determining the proportions and features of your design. To see more glyphs, select New font in the sidebar. Right now, it will show only one glyph, the. The Font Window displays all the glyphs that are in your font. Open FontLab, and go to File > New Font… or press Cmd N to create a new font. This tutorial will give you a jump start in starting a new (Latin) font, drawing some glyphs, spacing them, and exporting your font for testing. We understand the pains of learning the ropes of a new application, but starting your next font in FontLab couldn’t be easier. Glyph names, OT features, text, layers, color, files, UI, Python, variaĭetecting Element References or Composites Variation, imported artwork, components, auto layers, elements Metrics, kerning, Font window, Font Info, hints, guides, classes General, editing, anchors, actions, FontAudit, copy-paste ![]()
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