Changing a font's scaling (FontForge/other)

largactyl14 September 2013 · 09:01

I have a TrueType font that I created using FontStruct, an easy but rather limited web-based tool. It is a "pixel" font, intended to display only at a certain size (or integer multipliers thereof), so scale is important.

The issue is, my font is rendered at *double* the intended size. At least in Windows, it only looks right at a size of 6pt - less than most programs would allow you to select. I'd like to halve the scale of the font; in other words, I want to see at 12pt what I currently see at 6pt.

In FontForge, I've tried doubling the Em Size (under Font Information -> General), without scaling the outlines. This didn't help, and neither did doubling the metrics to match (under OS/2 -> Metrics).
Any tips on how to accomplish this, either using FontForge or some other free tool?

Michel Boyer14 September 2013 · 09:30

With Fontforge, maybe this:

Edit > Select > Glyphs worth outputting
Element > Transformations > Transform 
    Select  Scale uniformly 50% Glyph Origin

largactyl14 September 2013 · 18:20

Thanks - this did the trick, along with halving the ascent/descent metrics. Appreciated!