Edit the values ( L, R, W) in the Property bar of the window.

Entering Input »Ĭmd-click on the left or right spacing controls puts the focus to the LSB ( L) or RSB ( R) field in the Property bar allowing you to change the value immediately. NOTE: On macOS, the Ctrl Left and Ctrl Right shortcuts are normally used for switching between Spaces, so to use these shortcuts in FontLab VI, you will need to disable them in macOS System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control.

Shift Cmd will decrease/increase the value by a true 1 unit, regardless of the setting in Preferences > Distances.

The Cmd modifier will decrease/increase the value by 100 units.

-/ + or Ctrl Alt Down/ Ctrl Alt Up: decrease/increase both LSB and RSB (with Shift by “10”).

Ctrl Alt Left/ Ctrl Alt Right: move glyph within the current advance width by “1” (with Shift by “10”).

Alt Left/ Alt Right: decrease/increase Right Sidebearing (RSB) by “1” (with Shift by “10”).

Ctrl Left/ Ctrl Right: decrease/increase Left Sidebearing (LSB) by “1” (with Shift by “10”).

: auto-calculate metrics for active glyph.

Note that the adjustments of “1” and “10” are by default 1 and 10 font units, but can be customized in Preferences > Distances. To edit the glyph metrics, use the following keyboard shortcuts. or Cmd Left/ Cmd Right: replace active glyph with previous/next glyph in the font

Up/ Down: go to previous/next line in Text, or previous/next Text Phrase defined in the Pairs and Phrases panel.

or Left/ Right: go to previous/next glyph in Text.

Press the Alt key while dragging the mouse to modify the glyph’s width. To drag a glyph within its advance width, position the mouse cursor on the glyphs’ image press the mouse button and drag the mouse to position the glyph inside its width. Release the mouse button when you are done. To drag the sidebearings lines, just position the mouse cursor on the line, press the mouse button and drag the mouse. This can be turned off in Preferences > Spacing.

Drag the active glyph within its advance width.

Drag the sidebearing lines of active and inactive glyphs.

To modify glyph metrics you can use several methods: If you do not see sidebearing lines, click on the Show Spacing Controls button in the Property bar. The active glyph is highlighted and has more contrasting sidebearing lines: When in the Metrics mode, one glyph in the string is always active, others are inactive. Click on the Show Metrics Table button to open the Metrics table. The Property bar of the Glyph Window in the Metrics mode looks like this:Ĭlick on the Show Panel button to open the Metrics panel.

In this mode, you can edit glyph metrics: advance width and sidebearings. When you click on the Metrics tool you switch the Glyph Window to the Metrics mode. Making a Font From Color Vector Graphics.Detecting Element References or Composites.

Changing eight of font glyphs