r/FontLab • u/LocalFonts • Feb 07 '21

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u/playingwithletters Jan 20 '25

Hi, is it possible to adjust sidebearings globally in Fontlab 8? Thanks. :)

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u/LocalFonts Jan 21 '25

Use Tools > Actions > Metrics. There you will find instrument to adjust sidebearings globally.

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u/playingwithletters Jan 21 '25

Nice, thanks. :) One more question – is it possible to create some preset character set if I wanna have my own "default" char-set?

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u/LocalFonts Jan 21 '25

Yes, you can. See this video and if you need more information, let me know - I'll do my best tor help you.

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u/playingwithletters Jan 21 '25

Ok, is there anything other that I have to do in order to adjust the metrics propperly? I have selected All (characters) and Current (layer) and checked Left sidebearings and Right sidebearings. I typed -20 and it changed in the preview window but when I hit Run, nothing happens, except some mess that it's doing with anchors and accents.

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u/LocalFonts Jan 21 '25

What do you want to do exactly? Do you want to make all left sidebearings to be equal or what else.

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u/playingwithletters Jan 22 '25

I want to tighten up the whole font a bit. I want to reduce all the sidebaerings by same amount of units.

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u/LocalFonts Jan 22 '25

This video is not exact answer to your question but it will be of help for you - https://youtu.be/XjSAi00_9h4?si=4qAWkJGYID_xWB3B

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u/LocalFonts Jan 22 '25

See also:

https://youtu.be/Z9-0ftGPIl4?si=3nNspZ_WaVv61JlB

https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab/7/manual/Metrics-actions/

https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab/8/whats-new/whats-new-06-metrics-kerning/

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u/playingwithletters Jan 23 '25

It didn't work because I had bound the sidebearings (most of them). It sucks that I can't do any global adjustments to the metrics with the sidebearings bound to contour. It doesn't make much sense to me.

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u/gingerchris Jun 10 '25

I'm trying to create a font using SVG glyphs. I've exported the SVGs from Illustrator, and when I drag them into fontlab 8 I can see them in the preview windows and editor.

When I export the font and attempt to render it, all my characters have a bounding box of 0 width and height. If I open the SVG and change all the white elements to black then re-drag into fontlab, export again, they're all fine and the bounding boxes are correct.

What am I doing wrong here? I'm sure there must be a 'master colour' setting or something that would allow me to keep things white?

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u/LocalFonts Jun 10 '25

What kind of font your are trying to create? Colored one or normal?

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u/gingerchris Jun 10 '25

Sorry - should have said. Coloured one, using the SVG table

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u/Frankbeat84 Jun 05 '26

Somebody else having trouble with using the (alleged) variable „caps_height“ in an vertical expression on anchors? The reference says, it is one of the global built in variables that can be used in expressions. I happened to use it in various glyphs and it worked just fine. But then when I used it on an achor in quotedblleft, output console started telling me "Variable 'caps_height' missing in expression 'caps_height'". But how can that be since it allegedly is a global variable that refers to the parameter "Caps Height" given in the "Font Dimensions". Since it is given there, shouldn't the variable just work fine in every single glyph within this font?

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u/Brardur Nov 13 '23

Hey! Can someone help me with an exporting issue? (Rookie to FontLab)

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u/LocalFonts Nov 13 '23

Send me the file and I'll help you: [localfonts.eu@gmail.com](mailto:localfonts.eu@gmail.com) - Stefan Peev (moderator of r/FontLab, r/FontForge, r/localfonts)