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6.5 OTHER SETTINGS<br />
6.5.1 Grid Spacing<br />
The grid width defines how coordinates get rounded. Standard<br />
is the value 1. When set to zero, no rounding will happen.<br />
Contrary to popular belief, This is useful if you want to keep very fine details, e.g., after<br />
decimal coordinates can applying the Hatch Outlines filter or in detailed dingbat fonts,<br />
be exported into OTFs.<br />
or if you plan to scale your glyphs and want to minimize<br />
rounding errors. Higher values are helpful when creating a<br />
pixel font.<br />
All tools and all modifications will consequently snap to the<br />
grid. Regardless of the grid settings, you can round all point<br />
coordinates of selected nodes or glyphs to integer numbers by<br />
choosing Round Coordinates from the Layers menu.<br />
6.5.2 Subdivision<br />
The Subdivision value gives you the option to subdivide the<br />
Grid Spacing if you need finer steps but want the larger grid<br />
spacing as design orientation. The value indicates into how<br />
many compartments the main grid is subdivided, e.g., a Grid<br />
Spacing value of 100 and a Subdivision value of 5 will yield a<br />
subgrid with a 20 units step.<br />
6.5.3 Don’t Use Nice Names<br />
This option prevents the automatic replacement of glyph<br />
names. This may be of importance where special workflow<br />
requirements apply. The option is set in all fonts imported<br />
from OTF files and UFOs that are opened with <strong>Glyphs</strong> for the<br />
first time, if the Keep glyph names from imported files option<br />
is set in <strong>Glyphs</strong> > Preferences > User Settings. Deactivating<br />
this option does not immediately activate the automatic<br />
replacement of names. To trigger the automatic naming, use<br />
Font > Update Glyph Info. Attention: this may also invalidate<br />
the feature code.<br />
Only when the Don’t Use Nice Names option is activated,<br />
can you set your own Unicode values. Otherwise, <strong>Glyphs</strong> will<br />
derive them from your glyph names.<br />
6.5.4 Disable Automatic Alignment<br />
This option disables the automatic alignment of components<br />
and the autosync of metrics for component-based diacritics.<br />
You can still lock components via the context menu.<br />
<strong>Glyphs</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong>, May <strong>2013</strong> 61
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