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Different weights previewed at different heights even though Key Measurements are the same?

richardvan

Cheers,
I'm currently working on my first font family, using FontLab 5. Now I've got three weights so far (regular, italic, bold). However there is something that concerns me: I'm using MainType 2.1 for Windows for font management, and in the preview my Italic is shown at a much smaller font size than my other weights (about 1/3 to 1/4). It behaves normally in InDesign though. When I check other font families they are previewed more uniformly.

I checked the key measurements but they are all the same. Is it probably connected with the Font BBox as these values are different? But I don't know how to change that. Or some rulers that are above the en square? Does anyone faced a similar problem before?

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