Glyph is corrupted after installing as a font.. link to files included

[jgowrie]

Hello,

I am using ScanFont and TypeTool to bring images into a font file.  These images are then used with a CNC router ( woodworking tool ) so I'm probably not your typical user of the mentioned software packages so I'm not real familiar with font software.. Here is the problem I am having at the moment

There is an image I brought into ScanFont5 and then had it exported out to TypeTool3.  This worked fine.  Once in TypeTool the glyph looked fine and there didn't seem to be any issues.  I then chose the "generate font" option from the File menu and placed the Font Family onto my desktop.  From there I used the pre-installed Font Book ( Mac OS 10.4.11 ) to install the font on my system and upon viewing the font there was a couple of areas on that particular glyph which were completely black.  

There are two files on my idisk server which show both the glyph as seen within TypeTool3 ( TypeToolGlyph.tiff ), prior to saving into a font file and then the same glyph as seen once exported to a font file ( InstalledFont.tiff ).  Something is going wrong on the export and I can't figure out what it is.

I should mention that this has happened to me before but using Sigmaker.  I assumed it was because these are complicated images I am importing as a glyph and the tracing functions of that program weren't capable of handling the complexities.  Another thing I should mention is that the other glyphs you will see in the "InstalledFont.tiff" image were all created using ScanFont and TypeTool so the process I used above has worked on those occasions.

I didn't post the original file which I imported into ScanFont but I can post that if someone thinks the trouble could lie there.  Don't forget though,  that the image was traced by ScanFont and sent to TypeTool with no apparent problems so I think it's something going wrong during the font generation process..

The files are located here: http://files.me.com/johngowrie/bjnwj3
Please, any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks
John

[jgowrie]

In the event a new user has the same issue I had,  I am posting the fix that Alex from tech support sent to me via email.

Select all contours CMD A
then choose CONTOUR - > Paths - > Set TT direction. 

Somewhere in my problems areas there must have been a problem with the direction of the contours and following the above procedure set them all in the same direction and fixed the problem.

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

Yes, and if you would have to export in Type 1 format then you should choose CONTOUR - > Paths - > Set Type 1 direction.

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