I know that other Font Creator users work with Hebrew fonts, or CJK fonts. I have no experience of working on Right to Left scripts. The Home Edition only supports manual kerning. Sometimes a font’s default kerning isn’t. ![]() In this article, we will outline how to kern like a professional designer. Shift will change kerning values by 10 units, Cmd will change by 100. Kerning refers to the amount of space between two letters (or other characters: Numbers, punctuation, etc.) and the process of adjusting that space to avoid awkward-looking gaps between your letters and improve legibility. If you select several lines in the list you can quickly adjust kerning for the selected pairs using the left and right keys. If you want auto-kerning, then you need the Professional Edition of Font Creator. Pressing the Enter key or double-clicking the kerning value allows you to edit it directly in the table. But at larger sizes, those kerning pairs dont work as well so the spaces between letters at display sizes often need manual kerning. Older font formats such as Type 1, Multiple Masters, TrueType without OpenType tables implement kerning using lists of kerning pairs. Type Tool does Autohinting, but seems to have a steeper learning curve and a less attractive interface.īoth programs are available as Free trials, so you can try them both, and come to your own conclusions. Kerning is the process of adjusting the space between pairs of glyphs, such as Av,LT and To, to avoid awkward-looking gaps between them. General Impressions: Font Creator is easier to use.Type Tool saves files in its own format, and you generate fonts to get Truetype or Postscript Type 1 Fonts. Font Creator works directly on Truetype fonts.Font Creator works only in Truetype mode using on-curve and off-curve points to manipulate glyph outlines. Type Tool offers the option of working in Type 1 mode using nodes and handles.Font Creator removes hinting if you modify a glyph, but not if you just change kern values or other metrics. ![]() I couldn't immediately figure out how to modify kerning either manually or automatically in Type Tool, but the feature is there.
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