The Space Center view is the place to adjust and set metrics in a UFO. Undo / Redo is supported on the selected glyph.
Text Input Fields
The input text will be tried to match glyph names, unicode of glyph names. You can preset some input strings in the preferences.
| any text ("abc") | tries to match glyph names ("a", "b", "c") |
| unicoded character (&é) | tries to match the unicode values ("ampersand", "eacute") |
| /glyphName | explicit name the glyphName |
| /? | display the current active glyph |
| \n | new line |
Left and right input fields add control glyphs around the main input field.
Space Center View
Editing metrics with by selecting and dragging a glyph and with the arrow keys.
| Mouse Editing | |
| click (on a glyph) | Select the glyph. |
| click (not on a glyph) | Deselect the glyph. |
| click + drag left or right margin | Move the left or right margin. |
| click + drag (on the glyph contours) | Move the glyph in his white space, only horizontally. |
| click + alt + drag (on the glyph contours) | Move the glyph vertically. |
| click + alt + command + drag (on the glyph contours) | Move the glyph both horizontally or vertically. |
| Arrow Keys Editing (when a glyph is selected) | |
| Arrow left or right | Add one to the glyph width (aka adjusting the right margin). |
| Arrow left or right + shift | Add ten to the glyph width (aka adjusting the right margin). |
| Arrow left or right + shift + command | Add hundred to the glyph width (aka adjusting the right margin). |
| Arrow left or right + alt | Add one to the glyph left margin. |
| Arrow left or right + alt + shift | Add ten to the glyph left margin. |
| Arrow left or right + alt + shift + command | Add hundred to the glyph left margin. |
| Hot Keys (see Preferences) | |
| Multi Line | Activate Multi Line. |
| X Height Cut | Activate X Height Cut. |
| Water Fall | Activate Water Fall. |
| Toggle Inverse Color | Toggle Inverse Color. |
| Toggle Show Metrics | Toggle Show Metrics. |
| Toggle Right To Left | Toggle Right To Left. |
| Toggle Beam | Toggle Beam. |
| Toggle Fill | Toggle Fill. |
| Toggle Stroke | Toggle Stroke. |
Value input fields
Width, Left and Right take a numeric value or they can be set to the corresponding value of a glyph.
| any number ("123") | Sets value to the number. |
| arrow up or down | Add one to the selected input field. |
| arrow up or down + shift | Add ten to the selected input field. |
| arrow up or down + shift + command | Add hundred to the selected input field. |
| alt + arrows keys | Jump to the next, previous, on top or below input field. |
| tab | Jump to the next input field. |
| tab + shift | Jump to the previous input field. |
| tab + alt | Jump to the input field below. |
| equals followed by a glyphName (=a) | Sets the value to the value of the corresponding glyph. |
| simple math like ‘=e+10-z*10′ or ‘-=10+a’ |
Sets the value to the evaluated expression. |
Space Center Options
| Show Kerning | Toggle display of kerning. Only the kerning defined in the UFO is been used. Kerning defined in the "kern" feature will not be displayed. |
| Suffix | Suffix will alter the glyph input names and add the selected suffix if the glyph is in the font. The suffix list is generated from all glyph names containing a "." (period). For example "ampersand.alt" will add "alt" as suffix. |
| Multi Line | Display the glyphs with multiple lines. |
| Single Line | Display the glyphs in a single line. |
| Water Fall | Display a water fall. |
| xHeight Cut | Cut off ascender and descenders. |
| Inverse | Inverse colors. |
| Show Metrics | Show metrics of the selected glyph. |
| Left To Right | Display text from left to right. |
| Right To Left | Display text from right to left. |
| Beam | Use a beam to measure left and right side bearings. |
| Fill | Fill the glyphs. |
| Stroke | Stroke the glyphs. |
| Line Space | Add line space between the lines. |
| Show Control Glyphs | Hide the control glyphs in the input view of the Space Center. |
| Show Space Matrix | Hide the space matrix input view at the bottom of the Space Center. |