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Modify Vertical Spacing
peggo (Pedro González)
Posts: 60
Hello Typodrawers,
Few days ago I launched my most recent font "LeBrush" everything is right on the type design process until the moment when I start to do the graphics on Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign, where the editor bounding box (in the image below) which appear too large to modify the text group comfortly.
I know box appear big because of extension of the vectors on stylistic alternates. I'm already try to modify via "Custom parameters" on the GlyphsApp info window.
But nothing works, I really can't find how to make this as smaller as the standard 1000pt height.
Do somebody know how effectively modify this vertical box?
Few days ago I launched my most recent font "LeBrush" everything is right on the type design process until the moment when I start to do the graphics on Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign, where the editor bounding box (in the image below) which appear too large to modify the text group comfortly.
I know box appear big because of extension of the vectors on stylistic alternates. I'm already try to modify via "Custom parameters" on the GlyphsApp info window.
But nothing works, I really can't find how to make this as smaller as the standard 1000pt height.
Do somebody know how effectively modify this vertical box?
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What values do you have for typoAscender, typoDescender, typoLineGap?
How are they different to hheaAscender, hheaDescender, hheaLineGap and winAscent, winDescent?
Your typoAscender and typoDescender should add up to your unitsPerEm (typoAscender - typoDescender = unitsPerEm).
It’s often recommended to have hheaLineGap set to zero and hheaAscender and hheaDescender add up to the same as winAscent and winDescent (hheaAscender - hheaDescender = winAscent + winDescent). The typoLineGap can be the difference with unitsPerEm. If your winAscent and winDescent are too tall, then choose an adequate hheaAscender and hheaDescender, and recalculate typoLineGap from that. In that case you should enable the useTypoMetrics flag so modern applications use your typo metrics instead of the Windows metrics.
Alternatively you can also set all the line gaps to zero and all the other metrics to the same values (absolute value for winDescent).
Maybe try what is shown on https://grahamwideman.wikispaces.com/Font+Vertical+Metrics
Why do you have vhea values?
@Chris Lozos I use to set my vertical metrics (descender line value + ascender line value) at 1000 UPM.
I really almost never have to do this kinda "trial-error" exercises, after see nothing changes I delete that parameters and leave the font with metrics shown above, as always do. I tried your values on hheaLineGap plus other ones (as shown below)
Then go to Adobe Apps to check if something changes but still nothing change, I really can't figure it out what could I do to fix modify the size of this box.
I can understand the bounding box becoming bigger when the shape in use is big too, but it's not makes sense to me, when this box remains big even when the shape is in use is small, is just a little annoying. In fact, as you can see below this box works fine into ascenders behavior.