DTL FontMaster Manual1.1 PDF

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– 1-2
Deletes the second contour and the part of the first contour that was
overlapped.
– 2-1
Deletes the first contour and the part of the second contour that was
overlapped.
Mirror
This function mirrors the selected contours or the whole character. There
are two options.
Left Right
This function mirrors the selected contours or the whole character
horizontally around the center of the selected parts.
Top Bottom
This function mirrors the selected contours or the whole character
vertically around the center of the selected parts.
Italic
Use this function to oblique the character electronically. A special selection
mode is not required. In this function the character mode is always used.
After selecting the function a pop-up menu appears. An angle between
–45 and +45 degrees is recommended. A positive angle obliques clockwise.
Rotate
The rotate function works for selected contours or the whole character.
Input a Rotation angle; a positive angle rotates clockwise.
Merge Composites
This is an extremely powerful function that creates accented characters or
fractions or other glyphs made out of several composites. It allows a manual
parametrization or it can alternatively read and create composites from an
external text file.
Selecting the Merge Composites function will open a dialog which
shows a range of options.
– Accent
This makes together with the options Base char. and Composites manual
parametrization possible. In the Accent input field the Character Number
of the accent is specified. For instance number 701 indicates the upper case
dieresis.
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The a on top is mirrored Left
Right and the other Top Bottom.
The Rotate dialog in which the angle
can be specified.