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<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div># Open the &#039;&#039;&#039;SVG Font Editor dialog&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Select a name&#039;&#039;&#039; for your new font, using the &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; icon in the top right corner of the dialog<br /> # Adjust the &#039;&#039;&#039;horizontal advance&#039;&#039;&#039; and the major &#039;&#039;&#039;font metrics&#039;&#039;&#039; to your liking<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Click on&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;code&gt;Setup Canvas&lt;/code&gt; to change the document format to the font size and get some guides that help you draw your letters<br /> # Switch to the &lt;code&gt;Glyphs&lt;/code&gt; tab of the dialog<br /> # Click &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; to &#039;&#039;&#039;add your first letter/glyph/character&#039;&#039;&#039; to the list. You can also &#039;&#039;&#039;click the button repeatedly to automatically create a list of commonly used font characters&#039;&#039;&#039;, from &lt;code&gt;Space&lt;/code&gt; to common special characters, numbers and then upper case and lower case letters A to Z, and then even more special characters after that.<br /> # If you like to, &#039;&#039;&#039;switch from list preview to grid preview&#039;&#039;&#039; in the bottom right corner.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Select one&#039;&#039;&#039; of the lines / blocks in the glyphs list.<br /> # Click on &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt;. This will: <br /> #* &#039;&#039;&#039;Create a new layer&#039;&#039;&#039; for the selected glyph (if there isn&#039;t one yet) and activate that layer.<br /> #* &#039;&#039;&#039;Hide all other layers&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> # Now &#039;&#039;&#039;draw&#039;&#039;&#039; your letter/number/… in the new layer<br /> # Make sure it&#039;s &#039;&#039;&#039;a single path&#039;&#039;&#039; (e.g. do &lt;code&gt;Path &gt; Union&lt;/code&gt;)<br /> # Keep it selected, and &#039;&#039;&#039;click on&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;code&gt;Get curves&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Continue&#039;&#039;&#039; selecting glyphs from the list, adding / editing them and turning them into SVG font characters until your font is complete.<br /> # In the last tab, &lt;code&gt;Kerning&lt;/code&gt;, you can select two different glyphs from the two dropdown lists, to &#039;&#039;&#039;adjust the default distance&#039;&#039;&#039; between them. <br /> ## After you&#039;ve selected them, &#039;&#039;&#039;click on&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;code&gt;Add pair&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> ## Now &#039;&#039;&#039;adjust the distance&#039;&#039;&#039; between them. In addition to the preview that shows just these two glyphs, you can also make use of the &#039;&#039;&#039;sample text&#039;&#039;&#039; to see how it will look in a sentence.<br /> ## &#039;&#039;&#039;Continue&#039;&#039;&#039; adjusting letter distances until you&#039;re happy with the result.<br /> # Save your file as &#039;&#039;&#039;Inkscape SVG&#039;&#039;&#039;, and open it with another program (e.g. FontForge) to be able to &#039;&#039;&#039;convert that SVG font into a ttf or otf font&#039;&#039;&#039;.</div>

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