This page consists of a set of metrics. On the Format menu, click Settings, and then click the General tab.
Subscript, horizontal
The recommended horizontal size in font design units for subscripts for this font.
Subscript, vertical
The recommended vertical size in font design units for subscripts for this font.
Subscript x offset
The recommended horizontal offset in font design units for subscripts for this font.
Subscript y offset
The recommended vertical offset in font design units from the baseline for subscripts for this font.
Superscript, horizontal
The recommended horizontal size in font design units for superscripts for this font.
Superscript, vertical
The recommended vertical size in font design units for superscripts for this font.
Superscript x offset
The recommended horizontal offset in font design units for superscripts for this font.
Superscript y offset
The recommended vertical offset in font design units from the baseline for superscripts for this font.
Strikeout size
Width of the strikeout stroke in font design units. This field should normally be the width of the em dash for the current font. If the size is one, the strikeout line will be the line represented by the strikeout position field. If the value is two, the strikeout line will be the line represented by the strikeout position and the line immediately above the strikeout position. For a Roman font with a 2048 em square, 102 is suggested.
Strikeout position
The position of the strikeout stroke relative to the baseline in font design units. The value of strikeout position should not interfere with the recognition of standard characters, and therefore should not line up with crossbars in the font. For a Roman font with a 2048 em square, 460 is suggested.
Font Vendor - Identification
This is not the royalty owner of the original artwork. This is the company responsible for the marketing and distribution of the typeface that is being classified. It is reasonable to assume that there will be 6 vendors of ITC Zapf Dingbats for use on desktop platforms in the near future (if not already). It is also likely that the vendors will have other inherent benefits in their fonts (more kern pairs, unregularized data, hand hinted, etc.). This identifier will allow for the correct vendor's type to be used over another, possibly inferior, font file. This field is not required.
Microsoft has assigned values for some font suppliers. Uppercase vendor ID's are reserved by Microsoft. Other suppliers can choose their own mixed case or lowercase ID's, or leave the field blank.
Classification - Weight
Indicates the visual weight (degree of blackness or thickness of strokes) of the characters in the font.
Classification - Width
Indicates a relative change from the normal aspect ratio (width to height ratio) as specified by a font designer for the glyphs in a font.
Note: Although every character in a font may have a different numeric aspect ratio, each character in a font of normal width has a relative aspect ratio of one. When a new type style is created of a different width class (either by a font designer or by some automated means) the relative aspect ratio of the characters in the new font is some percentage greater or less than those same characters in the normal font -- it is this difference that this parameter specifies.
Font Embedding - Licensing Rights
Indicates font embedding licensing rights for the font.
Press the Edit button to modify this field through the Font Embedding Licensing Rights window.
Caret Slope Rise
Used to calculate the slope of the cursor (rise/run); 1 for vertical
Caret Slope Run
0 for vertical.
Caret Offset
The amount by which a slanted highlight on a glyph needs to be shifted to produce the best appearance. Set to 0 for non-slanted fonts.
Caret Slope Rise and Caret Slope Run are typographical values and should match with Italic Angle in the Post tab. To accomplish this press the Calculate button.
Caret Slope Rise and Caret Slope Run should match the Italic Angle on the Post tab. Press the Calculate button on the Settings, General Tab to calculate the Caret Slope Run for a Caret Slope Rise of 1000.
The rise and run are used by Windows to slant the cursor (or “Caret”) to the italic angle of the font. These values can be calculated as above or by measuring the font. In an upright font the caretSlopeRise is usually set to 1 and the caretSlopeRun is always 0. To obtain the caretSlopeRise and caretSlopeRun measure the slant of the font. It is common to use the Uppercase Flat height for the caretSlopeRise.
The illustration shows how to use the measuring tool in points mode to determine the italic angle of the font. It shows that the caretSlopeRun is 307 and the caretSlopeRise is 1466. However, the angle is measured from the horizontal. The italic angle is measured from the vertical, so we must calculate 90 – 78.17 = 11.83°
Tan 11.83° = 0.209 and 307/1466 = 0.209