From the course: Glyphs App Essential Training
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Font info - Glyphs App Tutorial
From the course: Glyphs App Essential Training
Font info
- [Instructor] Font info is the mission control of the Glyphs file. It's where you name your font, outline its measurements, describe its style, and define its special features. It can be a little bit opaque, and, at times, a little overwhelming. But in this chapter, I'll walk you through its key components and describe some of its less obvious dialogues. From the font window there are two ways into font info. You can click on the i icon on the upper left, or you can hit command + I. Let's start with a look at the font tab. At the very top, you'll see the family name for the font. This is the base name for all fonts generated from the Glyphs file. Below the family name are boxes for your font metadata. Including information about the designer, copyright information, and version number. In the upper right corner is a crucial measurement, the UPM or units per M. I recommend leaving that at 1000, unless you have a really strong reason for changing it. At the bottom of the tab, there's a…
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