DTL FontMaster Manual1.1 PDF

dtl beziermaster: config menu
confıg menu
Function Settings: Parameters
In the Config menu Function Settings: Parameters you can set diuerent
parameters:
Function Default value
Disconnector Overlap100 (units, 1/100 mm)
Cursor Sensitivity 10 (units, 1/100 mm)
Zoom 2 (factor)
Grid size 300 (units, 1/100 mm)
Step Shift 15 (units, 1/100 mm)
Please adjust these parameters if the bodysize of your font is not 15000
(units), which is the default. The 15000 units system is used here because of
the fact that dtl BezierMaster is originally based on the Ikarus system. The
basic idea behind this system is, that a high resolution of the database
means a greater control over the details in the design and also a relatively
small loss of quality when the resolution is scalled down for the generation
of PostScript Type 1 and OpenType (cff) fonts (1000 units) or TrueType
fonts and OpenType (ttf) fonts (2048 units). However, an em-square of
1000 units is standard for the Bezier format. For instance the Step Shift
should be one then.
The construction parameters determine the number of corners of a
polygon and a star.
If the Coordinate popup option is enabled, then the coordinates of the
point nearest to the cursor will be shown in the Character Edit Window.
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If the Coordinate popup option is
enabled, the coordinates of the point
nearest to the cursor will be shown.