A Tool for New and Advanced Users

Visual TrueType shows relationships between points, connected by arrows. At a glance, you’ll know characteristics of those relationships by studying:

·       The color of the arrows (green for Y direction links, red for X direction links, grey for flexible interpolations, black for shifts and strokes, and blue for strokes).

·       Orientation of the arrowheads (X, Y, or any direction).

·       Shape of the arrowheads (identifying the most frequent control value categories of straight stem, round stem, and any distance).

·       Control points and their rounding methods (none, to grid, to half-grid, to double-grid, down-to-grid, and up-to-grid).

·       Other symbols represent the presence or absence of an anchored point, a control value table (‘cvt’), or an override for a minimum distance.

You use your mouse to drag and drop arrows until the on-screen character looks its best at different sizes. For example, you can drag arrows, arrowheads, and arrow tails to change the relationships between points. By displaying pop-up menus, you can change or remove attributes such as ‘cvt’ category, ‘cvt’ number, rounding methods, and freedom vectors. Alternatively, you can add or adjust any of these relationships by typing the relevant commands in the VTT Talk window.

Note Visual TrueType also can edit the GASP font table as well as low-level hinting instructions.