Howzit Done? The Tutorial Section

[Rik]

Hi Bill.

Thanks very much indeed and I will have a look at that.

I'm totally new to FontLab and I have not looked at that feature.

I also think that I need to move the 'TM' up.
I looked at other fonts and the TM appears towards the top.

[Soquili]

Rik the placement would depend on where you would like it to appear when used. Often you will see the TM glyph appear near the top of the text it is associated with.

FontLab has been on my computer for years but I have not used it extensively, mostly to cleanup a font for use in a project. Free fonts often have issue(s) of one type or another. Most of my projects have been for personal use or for a friend, no paying projects. But I hope to change that to help supplement my retirement income.

[Rik]

Bill, I wish you the best in becoming a successful Fontographer. If that's not a real word, at least you know what I mean.

Once I've had another go at what I'm doing (I hope I remember to look at the areas that might need fixing!) I'll post the file again.
Thanks.

[Soquili]

Thanks Rik, but I doubt I would make a good fontographer. I meant that I needed to fix a font for a graphic design that was not a paying project. It seems that a needed glyph in a free font will need some tweaking to make a graphic design 'just right'.

[Gare]

"Fontographer" is the name of a font creation program originally distributed by Macromedia and created by Altsys.

So I guess Bill would make a good fontographer.

Bill, for sure, creating an original typeface these days is a labor of love and begs a significant amount of free time.

But given what you know and what you share, me, if I had a typeface design all set up in Xara, I'd come knocking on your door, man.

You just know so much about stuff that interests me, and happily, the rest of tg!

Peace,

Gary

[Rik]

I think I've made the changes I wanted.
If you want to have a look, Bill, feel free to tell me if it's OK or not.

If anyone is interested and want to use the Font or the FontLab file, there's no copyright on this, and thanks to Gary for doing the tutorial in the first place.

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[Soquili]

Rik the vfb file is looking very good. Font Audit does not show any suggestions and the glyphs look good on screen and paper.