FontLab VI User Guide»
Note
Last update: 2019-06-24 by Fontlab Ltd.
for FontLab VI version: 6.1.4.7044 (stable)
Table of Contents»
Release Notes»
Introduction»
Basics»
Font»
Glyphs»
Hinting»
Files»
Designing Type in FontLab VI»
Working with a Font»
Creating a New Font»
Opening an Existing Font»
Saving a Font»
Comparing Fonts»
Printing»
Drawing and Editing Glyphs»
Creating a New Glyph»
Editing an Existing Glyph»
Working with Glyphs»
Setting up the drawing environment»
Using Sketchboard»
Importing Bitmaps and Outlines»
Working with Layers»
Drawing Freehand»
Drawing with Geometric Shapes»
Drawing vector curves»
Working with Points»
Working with Contours»
Using Elements»
Anchors and Pins»
Transformations»
Improving drawing workflow»
Organizing Glyphs»
Correcting glyph drawings»
Creating an Italic Font»
Working with Color»
Spacing and Kerning»
Extending Fonts»
Font Production»
Font Info»
Embedding»
Hinting a Font»
OpenType Features»
Exporting Fonts»
Scripting with Python»
Appendices»
FontLab VI User Interface»
- Welcome dialog
- Preferences
- Font Info Dialog Box
- Font Window
- Glyph Window
- Metrics Window
- Sketchboard
- Toolbar
- Property bar
- Rulers
- Grid
- Scoreboard
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Tools
- Actions
- Panels
- Anchors and Pins panel
- Brush panel
- Classes panel
- Color panel
- Elements panel
- Features panel
- FontAudit panel
- Font Info panel
- Font Map panel
- Fonts panel
- Gallery panel
- Glyph panel
- Guideline panel
- History panel
- Image panel
- Kerning panel
- Layers and Masters panel
- Measurements panel
- Metrics panel
- Node panel
- Output panel
- Pairs and Phrases panel
- Preview panel
- Scripting panel
- Source panel
- Stroke panel
- Swatches panel
- Tables panel
- Transform panel
- Variations panel
- View panel