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Fit
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In the outline and bitmap views this will scale the current character to
the largest setting where it all fits in the view.
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Zoom Out
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Not in the font view. Centered on the middle selection if there is one, else
the middle of the view.
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Zoom In
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Not in the font view. Centered on the middle selection if there is one, else
the middle of the view.
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Next Char
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In the metrics, outline and bitmap view this changes the current character
to be the next one in the font.
In the font view this selects the next character in the font (and scrolls,
if necessary, to display that character).
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Prev Char
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In the metrics, outline and bitmap view this changes the current character
to be the previous one in the font.
In the font view this selects the next character in the font (and scrolls,
if necessary, to display that character).
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Next Defined Character
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Similar to Next Char, except it moves to the next character defined in the
font.
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Prev Defined Character
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Similar to Prev Char, except it moves to the previous character defined in
the font.
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Substitutions
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Brings up a sub menu showing all the GSUB type 1 and type 3 substitutions
(simple and alternate) you have defined for the selected character and allows
you to change the character as directed by the substitution.
Substitutions may be set with the Element->Char
Info command.
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Goto
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In the Font, Outline and Bitmap views this brings up a dialog in which you
may type either:
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A name of a character in the current font
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A number (in either decimal or hex) indicating the character you are interested
in, in the current encoding
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A hex number ,preceded by "U+" or "uni" or "u", indicating the character
you are interested in in unicode.
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A decimal number, preceded by "glyph" ,indicating the glyph index in the
original glyph list.
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A ku ten representation of a CJK font (two comma separated numbers)
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A standard name (which need not be used in the current font) but which can
be mapped to a unicode value.
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For 2/4 byte encodings you will also be shown a pull-down list of unicode
ranges (Things like "Greek", "Katakana", "Hangul Compatibility Jamo") and
you can select one of the range names.
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Arabic letters may also be named as:
afii57442.isolated
or
0x642.initial
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A single unicode character
In the font view the view will scroll so that this character is visible and
it will be selected
In the bitmap and outline views, the current character will change to be
the one specified.
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Find In Font View
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In the outline, bitmap and metrics views this will scroll the associated
font view so that the current character is displayed (and selected) in the
fontview.
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Encoded View
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Only in the font view. If this is selected then the font is displayed with
its normal encoding
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Compacted View
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Only in the font view. If this is selected then the font is displayed in
a compacted form where there are no empty glyph cells in the display.
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Show ATT
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Only in the font view. Brings up a dlg showing
the advanced typographic tables (GPOS/GSUB or morx/kern) that PfaEdit supports.
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Combinations
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A submenu containing
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Kern Pairs
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This brings up a dialog showing all kerning pairs
in the current font (or, if invoked from the outline character view,
a list of all kerning pairs involving that character). You may alter kerning
pairs here too.
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Anchored Pairs
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This may have a sub-menu of its own containing all the anchor classes for
this font and an entry "All". You may choose to see all combinations of
characters from a given anchor class, or all combinations from all anchored
classes.
If invoked from the outline character view it will provide a list of all
anchored combinations involving that character.
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Ligatures
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This brings up a dialog showing the names of all ligatures and of the characters
that compose them (if invoked from the outline character view, a list of
all ligatures containing that character). Double clicking on an entry will
bring up a window showing that ligature.
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View H. Metrics...
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In the font view this will control which of the the horizontal metrics lines
are draw across the displayed glyphs. In the outline character view the same
functionality is available from one of the palettes.
See the font view for more information
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View V. Metrics...
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In the font view this will control which of the vertical metrics lines are
draw across the displayed glyphs. In the outline character view the same
functionality is available from one of the palettes. (This will be greyed
out if your font does not have vertical metrics in it).
See the font view for more information
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24 pixel outline
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In the font view you may choose how large you want the rasterized representation
of the outline view to be. The default is to rasterize it on a 24 pixel block.
If this item is checked then a 24 pixel version of the outline font is displayed,
selecting it will display a 24 pixel version of the font.
(Exactly one em-square of the character will be displayed, if the character
extends above the ascent or below the descent those features will be clipped)
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36 pixel outline
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Similar to the above but for a 36 pixel version.
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48 pixel outline
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Similar to the above but for a 48 pixel version.
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72 pixel outline
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Similar to the above but for a 72 pixel version.
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96 pixel outline
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Similar to the above but for a 96 pixel version.
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AntiAlias
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Only in the font and metrics view. Toggles between whether the font displayed
in the view is a bitmapped font or an anti-aliased font. An Anti-aliased
font shows levels of grey rather than just black and white. It often looks
better than a bitmap, but it is slower to generate and draw.
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Fit To Em
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Only in the font view. The fontview will either display characters scaled
so that the font's bounding box fits in the window, or so that the em fits
in the window. The advantage of the first method is that you see all of each
character, the advantage of the second is that you can see how the letter
sizes compare from font to font.
(This is something of a simplification. In bounding box mode the displayed
font is scaled so that the vertical size (as found in the bounding box) fits
it the window. Very wide characters will still not fit horizontally. Also
the scaling is not updated when characters change, if you have changed the
maximum bounds of the font you might want to force a rescale by toggling
this mode)
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<list of bitmap pixel sizes, if any>
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In the font view or metrics view there is a list of all generated bitmap
fonts. You may select to have one of them displayed in the view rather than
a rasterized version of the outline font. If one is checked then that one
is currently displayed, if you select one then it will be displayed.
In CID keyed fonts this list will not be present.
If your font database includes some greymap fonts then these will be listed
here too, as usual they will be displayed as
<pixel-size>@<bits-per-pixel>
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Show/Hide Grid
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In the Metrics View there is no layers palette. This entry allows you to
turn on or off the lines marking the edges of the characters on display.
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Outline
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In the Metrics View this will be checked when the outline font is bring
displayed. Selecting it will display the outline font (rather than a bitmap
font).
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Show/Hide Points
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This hides or displays the points in the outline character view.
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Mark Extrema
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In postscript fonts there should (in almost all cases) be no splines where
the horizontal or vertical points at extrema are not endpoints. This setting
will mark what points are at extrema by coloring them a dull purple to remind
you that you should not delete them.
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Fill
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In the Outline view this fills in the character outline as you edit it. (this
can be very slow. If the character is too big (too magnified) then filling
will not be done).
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Show Grid Fit
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In the Outline view and only if the freetype library is available. Brings
up a dialog which allows you to control
whether a grid fit version of the splines in the font is displayed.
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Bigger Pixel Size
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In the bitmap view this displays the current character in next larger bitmap
font (if there is one)
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Smaller Pixel Size
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In the bitmap view this displays the current character in next smaller bitmap
font (if there is one)
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Palettes
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Tools
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If this item is checked then the tools palette (in the outline and bitmap
views) is visible. Selecting it toggles whether the palette is visible or
not.
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Layers
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If this item is checked then the layers palette (in the outline and bitmap
views) is visible. Selecting it toggles whether the palette is visible or
not.
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Shades
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Only in the bitmap view, and only if editing grey-scale (anti-aliased) fonts.
Controls whether the shades of grey palette is visible or not.
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Dock Palettes
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Allows you to control whether you want the palettes free standing or docked
in the current view.
The window manager under gnome does not handle this properly. If you want
docked palettes under gnome: Open a window with palettes, select docked palettes
(the palettes will not dock), close the window, reopen the window. The palettes
are now docked and should be from here on.
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Show/Hide Rulers
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In the Character Outline View toggles whether rulers appear at the top and
to the left of the editing area.