Hi there,

I am not an expert in type tool, and have only used fontographer a few times, but I do remember reading somewhere that it is important to specify which direction the lines are drawn. I think I came across the same problem when I drew a few letters, it filled in the glyphs, so I redrew them in a different direction and it sorted it out.

I am sure the guys on here can give you a much better answer though.

Matt

You will need to close all the paths, and then make compound path.

The average and join commands will allow you to repair the paths, but experiment with the average and make sure you don't distort the stroke weight.

Path direction is key. As noted above, all paths must be closed. Paths within paths like the counter of an o inside the outer border--need to wrap in opposite direction. Starting with counterclockwise trhen the inner one becomes clockwise. I don't know TypeTool but there must be a command to set postscript or truetype path direction in it somewhere.

You must do your own spacing. I assume you can drag the sidebearings in and out in TypeTool. There surely must be a screen where you can type them in as well. Quantities may vary, if you try this at home, know that it takes practice a some skill to get it right.

ChrisL

Thanks for the info.
I finally figured out what I'd done wrong... there were actually two paths within the original Illustrator file! Grr! Thankfully I've fixed it and the uppercase A and B are fine now!
I do need to close all paths for other characters - this must be something I've done in illustrator (again) - I get a warning each time i generate the font.

As with the spacing I can drag the sidebearings, so I'll try that. (Need to tweak the glyphs first - I've taken a disliking the lowercase f and the uppercase G.) There is a screen for adjustments within Font Info, I think, will double check.

Cheers, Russ.

Use that outline mode as well as the preview. It makes repairing line work much easier.