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My Font comes out way too small

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I have worked up a font that I love, but it doesn't present right.  I would be grateful on any hints how to fix it. I attached screenshots of the font at 14pt, 72pt and the metrics from TypeTool3.
#1 - 2013-12-01, 14:26
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« Last Edit: 2013-12-01, 14:29 by wprebel »

Go to File / Font Info / Metrics and Dimensions, and in Font's UPM size change 1000 to something lower, e.g. 900 or 800. The lower the UPM size, the larger the type appears at a given size.
#2 - 2013-12-01, 15:10
Regards,
Adam Twardoch
Fontlab Ltd.

OMG! That works! Thank you!  Now...When you double click to install the font in windows, the tops and bottoms are cut of.  Should I worry about that? It tests out fine in Illustrator ... whoops... not good in notepad... darn... same as in OpenOffice. 

I generated an otf for testing.
#3 - 2013-12-01, 16:59
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I fixed the truetype version by unchecking scale values to UPM on the additional font metrics window (I definitely had it unchecked on the font UPM metrics settings) 

As well as I made sure to un-check the calculate values automatically.

Now ... True Type version looks good....

OTF... still cut off
#4 - 2013-12-01, 17:23
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« Last Edit: 2013-12-01, 18:03 by wprebel »

Is fixing the OTF version not possible?
#5 - 2013-12-02, 19:45

Hi Adam, I really appreciate your time.  Do you know if there is a way to fix the OTF version as well or is there something I am missing?
#6 - 2013-12-14, 06:34

TransType grooms fonts while it translates them. Don't know if this helps a font not right to begin with. As an example, for older TTF type with ugly outlines, no hinting - TransType creates a faultless smoothly polished OTF which can then be converted back to a better TTF, or many other fine formats. Font Studio lets you fine tune font repair in thousands of ways, while TransType offers very few customizations, but always delivers a perfect job.
#7 - 2015-11-11, 00:50
« Last Edit: 2015-11-11, 00:52 by Marko »

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