Measurements panel»

The Measurements panel View > Panel > Measurements is a table where you can keep track of the most important proportions and numerical values of your design. The panel’s rows are predefined measurements for uppercase and lowercase letters: vertical and horizontal round and straight stems and their ratios, counters, overshoots, the contrast and some font-wide dimensions.

To show/hide some measurements, click the Options button at the bottom.

These measurements are for your reference only, and are independent of the font’s technical values in Font Info. FontLab will save them in your VFC/VFJ, but not write any of those values (e.g. stems or Ascender) into Font Info or the exported font.

If you have multiple masters, the first column shows the measurements for the current master, then values for all masters are shown. To switch the master, double-click the column heading.

To enter your own value, double-click a cell.

To auto-calculate some measurements, select the cells in the panel and click the Recalculate button at the bottom. This is useful if you’ve added more glyphs to your font or have entered some custom values that you no longer need. Note: auto-calculation uses Latin glyphs from your font.

If you need to note down a custom measurement that is not in the list, use any predefined measurement row to your liking.