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Fontlab FogLamp for Mac and Windows User Manual

1. FogLamp 2 0 for Windows Mac User Manual Copyright 1992 2006 by Fontlab Ltd All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of the publisher Any software referred to herein is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license FontLab FontLab logo ScanFont TypeTool SigMaker AsiaFont Studio FontAudit and VectorPaint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FontLab Ltd in the United States and or other countries Apple the Apple Logo Mac Mac OS Macintosh and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries Adobe PostScript Photoshop Type Manager Illustrator Macromedia Fontographer Flash and Freehand are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows XP and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders THIS PUBLICATION AND THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS FURNISHED AS IS IS SUBJEC
2. T TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY FONTLAB LTD FONTLAB LTD ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WITH RESPECT TO THIS PUBLICATION AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS User manual release 2 0 5 2006 Contents CONTENTS ABOUT FOGLAMP SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INSTALLING FOGLAMP USING FOGLAMP FogLamp Options SUPPORT About FogLamp Thank you for purchasing FogLamp a small utility that converts Fontographer database files fog into OpenType fonts or FontLab VFB files FogLamp for Mac reads Fontographer source files database files with the fog file extension made with both Mac and Windows versions of Fontographer 3 x and 4 x FogLamp for Windows reads the same formats except fog files made with Fontographer 3 x for Mac FogLamp outputs files in the FontLab VFB format that is compatible with FontLab Studio 5 FontLab 4 x TypeTool 2 AsiaFont Studio 4 and other software applications from Fontlab Ltd In addition FogLamp 2 can convert fog files straight into OpenType PS otf or Win TrueType OpenType TT ttf fonts This makes FogLamp a perfect companion to Fontographer our classic font editor Simply speaking FogLamp 2 adds OpenType support to Fontographer FogLamp converts one
3. ar on the screen Preferences Scaling of outlines Coordinate multiplication factor 1 wW OpenType TT ttf generation Mi Generate hints OpenType PS otf generation M Use subroutines to compress outlines vi Generate basic OpenType features Cancel Scaling of outlines Normally font formats such as Type 1 OpenType or TrueType allow the user to design glyphs on a fixed grid The grid is defined by the UPM units per em size which is typically 1000 units per em It may be larger going up to 16 000 UPM in OpenType TT fonts but in any case only integer point coordinates can be used This is very different from drawing in Illustrator or Freehand where you can place the B zier points on non integer fractional coordinates Therefore it is possible to express very thin and very fine details in PostScript illustrations but for digital fonts the precision of the glyph drawings is finite Fontographer 4 x gives the user a unique ability to design glyphs using non integer fractional point coordinates However when the user generates the font Fontographer automatically rounds the fractional coordinates into integers therefore losing the high precision of the drawing Other FontLab applications such as FontLab Studio TypeTool or AsiaFont Studio do not allow for fractional coordinates These applications accurately reflect the constraints of the digital fonts font formats However some users may still find the fractio
4. ault the installer will put the utility into the Applications folder on your hard drive If you wish you may set another destination folder by pressing the Choose button Note that you must have sufficient user privileges to install software on Mac OS X For example you might want to log in as Administrator when installing the software To install FogLamp on Windows 1 Quit all open applications and disable any antiviral utilities that may prevent proper installation 2 Run the FogLamp Installer 3 Follow the on screen instructions By default the installer will put the utility into the C Program Files FontLab FogLamp folder on your hard drive Using FogLamp After you have installed FogLamp you can start using it immediately When you run FogLamp for the first time you will be asked to enter your name and the serial number If you do not have the serial number just click on the Run in demo mode button FogLamp will present its Main window en Fontographer Font File Converter 6 Foss Fo ntLab FogLamp Unregistered demo version Font files to convert Add Options Destination folder Macintosh HD Users fontlab Desktop Browse Destination format FontLab vfb ry About Quit The Main window of FogLamp contains the list of files for conversion it is empty when you run FogLamp the edit box for destination folder the pop up menu for destination format and a number of buttons Th
5. ere are two ways to select and add Fontographer font files for conversion 1 Click on the Add button at the right of the files list and choose the files in the standard Mac Windows Open dialog Open lt gt Elm Work HD F Name Date Modified gt Documents for testing 6 10 05 v LS Fog Files 7 5 05 _ AlProsperaBook fog 4 30 96 i Civitype fog 9 25 94 va _ FinalRoman Italic fog 9 25 94 BE GoodCityModern fog 9 94 _ GoudyHundred fog 9 25 94 B Aunyudy fog 9 25 94 _1 GRAPHICL FOG 5 30 05 _ GraphicLight fog 9 25 94 5 IkonWrite fog 9 26 94 4 Y New Folder Cancel open Open Use the Sxrrr and Cop keys Mac or Suirr and CTRL keys Win to select several files 2 Usethe drag and drop method just select files in the Finder or Windows Explorer and drag drop them onto the Main window of FogLamp On Mac you can also drag and drop fog files right onto the FogLamp s icon in the Finder or in the dock In both cases the files that you selected will be added to FogLamp s file conversion list Note that it is possible to add one file twice or even more FogLamp won t check files for duplicates and will just convert them one by one asking for permission to overwrite the previously converted version of the output file To remove a file from the list select it and click on the Delete button only the list entry will be removed from the list the actual file will not be de
6. io 5 Manual Chapter 9 OpenType PS generation The Use subroutines to compress outlines option allows FogLamp to automatically generate outline subroutines if font is generated as OpenType PS CFF flavored Outline subroutines store repetitive parts of glyph outlines and allow to reuse with references from outline definition code If you disable this option the conversion process will be faster but the resulted OpenType PS fonts will be larger Ifthe Generate basic OpenType features option is on FogLamp will generate a basic set of pre defined OpenType Layout features FogLamp automatically generates liga ccmp frac kern and ordn OpenType features if glyphs that can be used in these features are present in the source Fontographer font file This feature works only when converting Latin fonts into OpenType PS format Information about using OpenType fonts can be found at http www myfonts com info opentype http store adobe com type opentype Information about developing OpenType fonts can be found at http www microsoft com typography SpecificationsOverview mspx http www microsoft com typography developers opentype http partners adobe com public developer opentype 15 Support For any information about FogLamp browse to the FogLamp home page http www fontlab com foglamp Use the following address to get support information FogLamp updates and downloads http www fontlab com s
7. leted from the disk To remove all files from the list click on the Clear button Before you begin the conversion process you must choose the destination folder and format Click on the Browse button and choose the folder where you want to put the result fonts Select the destination format for conversion Destination format v FontLab vfb FH TrueType OpenType TT ttf OpenType PS otf ne Now you are ready to convert your fog files into FontLab vfb files or into OpenType fonts ean Fontographer Font File Converter fos Fo ntLab Fog Lam p Unregistered demo version Font files to convert Work HD Fog Files AuntJudy fog Add Work HD Fog Files BlockParty fog Work HD Fog Files Civitype fog Work HD Fog Files FinalRoman titalic fog Work HD Fog Files FinalRoman fog Work HD Fog Files GraphicLight fog Delete Clear mise Options Destination folder Macintosh HD Users fontlab Desktop Output Folder Browse Destination format OpenType PS otf i C About Quit Just press the Begin Conversion button to start the process If you do not wish to convert the fonts or you wish to finish using FogLamp click on the Quit Exit on Windows button 11 12 FogLamp Options If you click on the Options button in the Main window or choose the Preferences command in FogLamp menu the Preferences Options on Windows dialog will appe
8. nal coordinates useful during the design process Since Fontographer 4 x supports fractional point coordinates rounding errors will not accumulate during repetitive geometric transformations such as scaling skewing or rotating that you may want to perform when designing the typeface Unlike Fontographer itself FogLamp gives you the unique ability to increase the precision when rounding the fractional point coordinates to integer coordinates Obviously if a font is drawn of a finer grid the rounding errors are less visible If your Fontographer source file has the UPM size of 1000 and uses fractional point coordinates the rounding errors may be visible in very fine or thin details of the letterforms if the final font has that same UPM size But if the destination font has a UPM size of 2000 or 4000 the rounding will be more precise and therefore less detail will be lost during the rounding Note that practically Type 1 fonts and OpenType PS otf fonts should have an UPM size of 1000 Theoretically it is possible to have OpenType PS fonts with a higher UPM size but some applications have minor display problems with such fonts On the other hand with Win TrueType OpenType TT ttf fonts it is absolutely fine to have other UPM sizes such as 2000 2048 4000 10 000 or even 347 13 14 In FogLamp you can specify an increase of the UPM size and therefore the rounding precision for the fonts you convert This is done in the P
9. or several files at a time and puts the result in the specified folder This manual covers both the Mac and Windows versions of FogLamp 2 0 We will describe the Mac version here in the Manual making special note of anything specific for the Windows version System Requirements The Mac version of FogLamp requires the following hardware and software configurations e a PowerPC based Apple computer one of the following versions of Mac OS Mac OS 9 1 or later classic operating system version 9 2 2 is recommended with CarbonLib 1 6 or later or Mac OS X 10 2 or later Mac OS X 10 2 or later is recommended Intel based Apple computers are not directly supported However the software should run properly on Intel based Mac OS X systems using the Rosetta environment The Windows version of FogLamp requires a PC computer running one of the following versions of Windows Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows XP Installing FogLamp To install FogLamp on Mac OS I Quit all open applications and disable any antiviral utilities that may prevent proper installation Run the FogLamp Installer The Mac OS X may ask you for your login password Authenticate FogLamp Installer requires that you type your ja password Name Your Username Password fr Details D Cancel Co Enter your login password and click OK Then follow the installer s on screen instructions By def
10. references by setting the coordinate multiplication By default it is equal to 1 so a 1000 UPM fog file will be converted to a 1000 UPM vfb otf or ttf file If you you used non integer point coordinates in a fog file made with Fontographer 4 x and you would like to increase the rounding precision you can enter an integer there from 1 to 10 For example if the source Fontographer file has the UPM value set to 1000 and you entered 4 as the coordinate multiplication factor the UPM of the converted font file will be set to 4000 and the fractional point coordinates will be rounded at higher precision OpenType TT generation The Generate Hints option is on by default and allows FogLamp to generate hinted TrueType OpenType TT ttf fonts if this destination format was selected How FogLamp Autohints TrueType OpenType TT Fonts When hinting is allowed FogLamp makes TrueType hints the following way If the original glyph has Type 1 hinting information then FogLamp converts this information to visual TrueType instructions and converts the instructions to the TrueType hinting code If Type 1 hints are not present then FogLamp automatically generates Type 1 hints as the first step then converts the Type 1 hints into TrueType visual instructions and converts the visual instructions into TrueType native instructions The process of generating TrueType hints is the same as in FontLab Studio 5 If you need more information please refer to FontLab Stud
11. upport In case of any questions about FogLamp or any other of our products use the form at http www fontlab com support

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