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 Post subject: Update to Custom Font Tools FontSlab to Version 0.07
PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:19 am  (#1) 
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This update is a fix for custom font characters that require negative kerning - such as the letter p shown in the word imp below.
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 Post subject: Re: Update to Custom Font Tools FontSlab to Version 0.07
PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:23 am  (#2) 
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With this version of FontSlab - just create the kerning path as you would normally and then move it to the left of the character layer.
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and moved into position:
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Another example - new version at the top - old version below it.
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