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This is now possible through the FontLab Studio application.Īs its name clearly states, this Windows program allows you to easily and quickly modify any font file and change each letter, symbol or number contained by the font. The problem is that fonts cannot be personalized by the user in any way, without using an external tool, and there are people who would like to be able to personalize fonts and change them as they want.

This is easy – simply right click on the ruler, and select Change to Global Rulers.Fonts are used in Windows for displaying any kind of text, symbol or number. To ensure you get the correct values you need to change the rulers over to Global rulers. The Artboard rulers are the new default in CS5, and unfortunately they will give you the wrong y-values. This is because in CS5 Illustrator actually has two types of rulers: Artboard rulers and Global rulers. The Rulers in AI CS5 work differently and this makes it slightly more difficult for you when you are using the horizontal guides to get the y-values. Go to the File Handling & Clipboard section and make sure the only things selected are AICB and Preserve Paths: Open your preferences panel (Mac: Illustrator > Preferences) or (Win PC: Edit > Preferences). To ensure all the artwork you copy from Illustrator over to FontLab stays accurate, you will need to adjust the File Handling settings in Illustrator. Part 1 Part 2 How to set the preferences in Illustrator Set your preferences in Illustrator before you start – see the notes at the bottom of this post.Character glyphs for the d, p, x, and H (if you have made the whole alphabet you get a gold star).Adobe Illustrator (Tutorial shot in CS4 for Mac).

Before you begin, check you have the following things: This two-part tutorial will show you in detail how to take artwork you’ve created in Illustrator and transfer it easily across to FontLab Studio 5. Ever wondered how to make your own typeface?