Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 576

562 Chapter 50:
Designing and Building Your Own Fonts
6 Click Setup! to convert the URW font to a Gerber font. Font Designer displays a
message indicating that there is no URW kern table.
7 Click No to have Font Designer use Gerber kerning. The Kern Setup dialog box opens.
Note: If characters aren't between the height and baseline, then edit the shape in Composer to
ensure the shapes are on the baseline.
8 You may turn on or off Kern Left and Kern Right for each character in the list or click
GSP Defaults to use the default kern setting for the font.
9 Click Process to continue the conversion. The Font Construction Complete dialog box
displays when finished. The converted URW font is now available for use in
Composer.
Aligning and scaling in Composer
Composer allows you to align characters so that they are perfectly horizontal and
proportionately sized or scaled. There are several Composer tools and techniques you can use
to do this. The basic aligning and scaling procedure is:
♦ Establish a baseline and guidelines.
♦ Position the characters.
♦ Align the character with the baseline, if necessary.
♦ Scale the character, if necessary.
The quality of the font you build with Font Designer depends upon the caliber of your artwork
and the precision you use when preparing the individual characters in Composer.
Follow the guidelines below to build professional-looking fonts.
Establishing a baseline and guidelines
Establishing a baseline and guidelines for a font will allow you to scale all characters evenly.
Tip: To view guidelines and baselines, click Tools > Options > View. On the View tab of the
Options dialog box, turn on Guidelines and Baseline in the Show group box. The baseline is
represented by a dotted line on your Composer work space.