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Download Fontlab Studio 5.0.2 for Windows User Manual
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FontLab Studio 5 TrueType Hinting Tool With the TrueType hinting tool you can set and modify visual TrueType hints and preview the real resulting TrueType font using the system TrueType rasterizer. To activate the TrueType Hinting Tool select the TrueType Hinting command from the Tools > Hints & Guides menu or press the on the Tools toolbar. button When you select the TT Hinting Tool you may see the message: This message appears if the current character has 3rd-order curves that should be converted to 2nd-order curves to set Visual TrueType hints or if the contour direction is wrong. The TrueType specification requires that contours in TrueType fonts to be directed clockwise. Most rasterizers will correctly render TrueType fonts with incorrectly directed contours, but it is not guaranteed so we recommend directing contours according to the specification. If you don’t want FontLab Studio to check the contour direction, check the Ignore the direction warning option. Press the OK button to continue to work with the tool. Leave the Always do correction option checked if you want FontLab Studio to always correct the outline format when opening a character. 690
