Glyph editor appearance
Glyph editor appearance is a submenu with various settings to show/hide elements in the glyph editor.
Pro tip
- use your own custom shortcuts for the most used items
Actions
| Show/Hide | Description |
|---|---|
| Units-per-em grid | the Units-per-em grid, when zoomed in |
| Background image | show image in the background (if present for a glyph) |
| Line metrics | glyph bounding box, vertical metrics and overshoots |
| Development status color | status color (if set for a font) |
| Reference font | reference glyph in the background (if set via 'Reference Font' panel) |
| Sidebearings for non-editing glyphs | sidebearings via crosshair of non-editing glyphs |
| CJK Design Frame | CJK Design Frame |
| Transform selection | interactive transformation tool bounding box with handles for scaling and rotation |
| Component nodes and handles | nodes and handles of components (view only, not editable) |
| Baseline | baseline (helpful if you don't want to see the whole line metrics) |
| Guidelines | glyph level guidelines |
| Drag crosshair | the dotted lines from the pointer center while you drag a point |
| Drag "ghost" path | the original unchanged outline in gray while dragging points/contours |
| Anchor names | the name of an anchor |
| Contour indices | the index of a contour |
| Component names and indices | names of components and component indices |
| Coordinates | the x and y coordinates of selected point(s) |
| Point indices | index of selected point(s) |
| Power Ruler | power ruler measurement line and distance values |
| Glyph lock icon for non-editing glyphs | a lock at the bottom of a glyph as an indicator, that this glyph cannot be changed |