[fontforge-users] Adjusting baseline of autotraced glyph

[Janusz S. Bien]

I'm completely new to FontForge and I try to make a quick-and-dirty
replica of an old font used in 1907 to typeset a Medieval Polish text.

After importing the glyph scans and autotracing them the quality is
quite good with the exception of baseline which is sometimes
substantially different in different glyphs. How to adjust it?

The page

http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Spacing_Metrics_and_Kerning.html

mentions dragging a character to adjust left-side bearing. Is it
possible to drag a character up at down?

On the other hand I must be missing something obvious, because I'm
unable to drag a character any way!

I will appreciate very much your help.

Best regards

Janusz

[Max Rabkin]

The Metrics window is for *horizontal* spacing (in horizontal fonts).
Use the glyph window to adjust vertical positioning.

Post by Janusz S. Bien
I'm completely new to FontForge and I try to make a quick-and-dirty
replica of an old font used in 1907 to typeset a Medieval Polish text.
After importing the glyph scans and autotracing them the quality is
quite good with the exception of baseline which is sometimes
substantially different in different glyphs. How to adjust it?
The page
http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Spacing_Metrics_and_Kerning.html
mentions dragging a character to adjust left-side bearing. Is it
possible to drag a character up at down?
On the other hand I must be missing something obvious, because I'm
unable to drag a character any way!
I will appreciate very much your help.
Best regards
Janusz

[Janusz S. Bien]

Post by Max Rabkin
The Metrics window is for *horizontal* spacing (in horizontal fonts).

I know this, I just quoted by mistake the wrong passage.

Post by Max Rabkin
Use the glyph window to adjust vertical positioning.

But how? As I said before, dragging the whole glyph doesn't work for
me (probably because of some stupid mistake of mine).

Best regards

Janusz

[Max Rabkin]

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[Janusz S. Bien]

Post by Max Rabkin

Post by Janusz S. Bien

Post by Max Rabkin
Use the glyph window to adjust vertical positioning.

But how? As I said before, dragging the whole glyph doesn't work for
me (probably because of some stupid mistake of mine).

Just to avoid any further confusion, we are talking about a window with
a title like "q at 113 from FontName LATIN SMALL LETTER Q".
In this window you can only move control points, not the glyph as a
whole (which is the opposite of the metrics window). So (with the
"arrow" tool selected) drag a box around the whole glyph (or press
Ctrl-A) to select all the points, and then drag any on-curve point to
move the whole glyph. You can hold Shift while dragging to ensure the
movement is exactly vertical.
I hope that helps you.

Yes, that's what I needed!

Thank you veru much for your quick answers.

Best regards

Janusz