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Re: [Devel] the glyph outside the em-square was cut
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Devel] the glyph outside the em-square was cut |
Date: |
Fri, 24 May 2002 00:16:11 +0200 (CEST) |
> I am creating TrueType font using a font tool.
> I designed some character glyphs which have
> parts outside the top (or bottom) of em-square.
> These parts outside the top (or bottom) of em-square
> are cut by MS-word2000 or MS-word2002.
> But these parts outside the left (of right) of em-square
> are not cut.
> I asked the font tool maker for the reason, but
> i can't get any answer. I attached a sample
> character file whith this mail to explain the problem.
Simply increase the vertical dimension of the glyph's bounding box
(which is completely unrelated to the em-square); for example, try
Just van Rossum's fonttools package (fonttools.sf.net) which will do
that automatically if you first disassemble the font and then rebuild
it.
Werner