Total Height more than 1000 em

[Shany]

I just import in copy/paste glyphs form Illustrator to Fontlab. I got the problem than the total height of the font (include ascent and descent) is more than 1000 em. It make problems on exporting in open type. It's just impossible to do a import, event if wrote 1000 em in the "metrics and dimensions" in Font info (at the same time it is good to do that? It is just scaling the font height to 1000 em maximun?).
I dind't found a solution in the manuel info yet. If somebody know how it will be realy helpful.
Maybe my problem come from something else? I dont know...

Thanks.
Shany

[r.carpenter]

There's plenty of information in the FontLab Manual that can guide you in properly setting up your Illustrator files / workspace in order to minimize troubles like these. Study those pages, apply the techniques described, and your difficulties will be a mere fraction of those you're experiencing now.

Also, in case you think reading the manual is "tough going" (it's not, really, provided you're patient and methodical), Adam Twardoch has posted the following notes that should help:

http://groups.msn.com/fontlab/tipsandtricks.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=2675&LastModified=4675622028998402753

Best of luck.

[Shany]

 
Thanks for your help. I had this information, but you gave me more details about it, realy helpfull.
The thing is. it's realy hard to draw a font in "snap to grid", even if you have a file of 2000 em height. It's not realy precise.
I tried to import the glyphs in Fontographer, it look good (but it's hard to see at the same time, the zoom tool never zooming enough). But when I export in postscript to FontLab, strange curves apears... (but I know than I was not in "snap to grid" mode) grrrrrrrr.....
I'll try again, I think it's the only to do it anyway.

I'll continue to read the Fontlab user manual, I'll find a solution and be a expert soon I hope.

Thanks again for your help.

Shany