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FontLab 8
FontLab 8
What’s new
What’s new
New in FontLab 8
1. Explore & prepare
2. Draft & draw
3. Edit & refine
4. Consistency & precision
5. Build & assemble
6. Metrics & kerning
7. Families & variation
8. Test & adjust
9. Color
10. Glyphs & fonts
11. Formats
12. Scripts & integrations
13. Bug fixes
New since FontLab VI
Release notes
Release notes
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Manual
Tutorials
Tutorials
Tutorials
by Dave Lawrence
by Dave Lawrence
Tutorials
0. Installation and Set Up
0. Installation and Set Up
Importing Settings and Shortcuts into FL 8
Install and Troubleshooting
Customize Your Drawing Window
FontLab 8 New Dark Theme
1. Drawing
1. Drawing
Avoid Mistakes By Following the Basic Vector Rules
Basics of Drawing in FontLab
Merging, Separating, Overlapping Shapes: Surgery
Open Contour Surgery: Surgery Part 2
PROJECT: Surgery Procedure
Pathfinder Modes and the Fill Tool
Reusing Shapes Intro
Reusing Shapes 1
Free Transform: Complete Guide
Non-Destructive Transformation
Special Non-Destructive Transformations
The New Stroke and Thickness Tool
Masterclass: Better Vector Drawing
Masterclass: Better Vector Drawing
2. Honing
2. Honing
Automatic Fixing Paths
Fixing Paths by Hand
PROJECT: Hone A Letter
Understanding the Different Curve Types
PROJECT: Fixing the S Problem
Curve Tension
PROJECT: Smoothing Out Pencil H
Fonts Look Bad at Size
Fonts Look Bad at Size, Pt. 2
Making a Large Display Letter
Making a Text Sized Letter
3. Fitting and Spacing
3. Fitting and Spacing
Setting Your Letter Heights
Intro to Spacing
Ninety Second Vertical Metrics
Two Minute Customizing Your Metrics Window
Avoiding Serious Spacing Problems
60 Second Quick Start Metrics
90 Second Quick Start Kerning
Kerning’s Warnings!
15 Second Autokerning
Mouse Kerning
Waterfall Kerning
Intro to Special Kerning
Auto Kerning Exceptions
Manually Kern Exceptions
1 Minute Checking Exceptions
Context Kerning
Copying Kerning into Another Master
Intro: What is Hinting?
Does My Font Need Hints?
90 Second Global PS Hinting
PS Autohinting
PS Autohint, Part 2
More Blues, Autohinting, Part 3
6. Italics
6. Italics
Intro to Italics
Three Minute Italic’s Settings
Setting Up Italics
7. Families, Variations, Interpolations
7. Families, Variations, Interpolations
Font Families and Variations Intro
Common Axes
Layers & Masters Panel Basics
Setting Up Variations
Making Instances
Style Groups
Master Strategy
Stop Wasting Time On Font Mistakes!
by Gunnlaugur SE Briem
by Gunnlaugur SE Briem
Notes on type design
Intro
Basics
Basics
Type design basics
Autotrace
Autotracing tips
Framework
Verticals
Optical illusions
Limitations
Work habits
Keep a log
Decisions
Decisions
Decisions
Test and compare
Golden Section
Limit your choices
Imitation
Font metrics can help you
More metrics, if you’re really curious
Why pilfering doesn’t pay
Modules
Modules
Modules on a grid
Make a grid
The curve
The diagonal
Easy capitals
Pesky capitals
Numerals and oddments
How to polish
Spacing
Squeeze and stretch
Bold
Bold
Make a bold
Limits
Where does the weight go?
Bowls, stems and curves
Diagonals
The letter s
The letter g
The letter a
Assembly work
Italic
Italic
Italic
x-height
Stems
Curve compensation
Scans
Scans
Working from scanned art
Capitals one: straight stems
Casual serifs
Capitals two: rounded letters
The letter O
More rounded letters
The letter S
Capitals three: obliques
Lower case
The l-group
The a-group
The b-group
o-group one: the letter o
o-group two
o-group three: the letter s
The x-group
Spacing
Spacing
Spacing
Method
Spacing capitals
Spacing the lower case
Spacing numerals
How to imitate spacing
Spacing joined letters
Bad shapes
Kerning fun
Useful texts
Elbow grease
Elbow grease
Elbow grease
Bumpy curves
Character width
Family likeness
Density
Proportions
Glossary
Reference
Reference
Reference
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FontLab Licenses
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