Glyphs-Handbook-2013

3 Palette 34
3.1 Palette Window 34
3.2 Dimensions 34
3.3 Fit Curve 34
3.4 Layers 35
3.4.1 Working with Layers 36
3.4.2 Switching Glyph Shapes 36
3.5 Transformations 37
4 Filters 39
4.1 Filters Menu 39
4.2 Hatch Outline 39
4.3 Oset Curve 39
4.4 Remove Overlap 40
4.5 Roughen 40
4.6 Round Corners 40
4.7 Transformations 41
4.7.1 Transform 41
4.7.2 Background 41
4.7.3 Metrics 41
4.8 Third-Party Filters 41
5 Font View 42
5.1 Viewing Glyphs 42
5.1.1 Grid View 42
5.1.2 List View 43
5.2 Adding Glyphs 43
5.2.1 Generating New Glyphs 43
5.2.2 Copying Glyphs Between
Files 44
5.3 Glyph Properties 45
5.3.1 Name 45
5.3.2 Width and Sidebearings 46
5.3.3 Kerning Groups 46
5.3.4 Exports 46
5.3.5 Color Label 46
5.3.6 Unicode 46
5.3.7 Note 46
5.3.8 Components in List
View 46
5.3.9 Read-Only Properties in List
View 47
5.4 Batch-Processing 47
5.4.1 Layer Commands and
Filters 47
5.4.2 Palette Manipulations 47
5.5 Filtering and Sorting 48
5.5.1 Search Box 48
5.5.2 Categories 48
5.5.3 Languages 48
5.5.4 Custom Filters 49
5.5.5 List Filters 49
5.5.6 Custom Parameter
‘glyphOrder’ 50
5.6 Names and Unicode 50
5.6.1 Readable or Nice Names 50
5.6.2 Naming Glyphs 50
5.6.3 Batch Renaming 52
5.7 Images 52
5.7.1 Adding Images 52
5.7.2 Viewing Images 52
6 Font Info 53
6.1 Font 53
6.1.1 Family Name 53
6.1.2 Units per Em 53
6.1.3 Designer and Designer
URL 53
6.1.4 Manufacturer and
Manufacturer URL 54
6.1.5 Copyright 54
6.1.6 Version 54
6.1.7 Date 54
6.1.8 Custom Parameters 54
6.2 Masters 55
6.2.1 Proportions: Width and
Weight 55
6.2.2 Metrics 55
6.2.3 Stems 56
6.2.4 Alignment Zones 56
6.2.5 Custom Parameters 57
6.3 Instances 57
6.3.1 Style Name 57
6.3.2 Weight and Width 57
6.3.3 Style Linking 58
6.3.4 Interpolation 58