Using the Snap Shot of Main Window

Opening the Snap Shot of Main Window creates a copy of the main window. If you make additional changes to the glyph in the main window, Visual TrueType does not update the snapshot to reflect those changes.

You can take a snapshot two ways. Click the Snap Shot of Main command on the View menu, or click the Camera tool in the toolbar:

Camera tool icon

You can size and position the snapshot window next to the main window. This side-by-side view can be handy if, for example, you finish hinting a glyph and want to refer to that hinting as you work on a similar glyph (such as E and F or C and Ç).

You can’t change anything in the Snap Shot of Main Window. However, you can change views with the Panning tool, Zoom-in tool, and Zoom-out tool. In addition, you can use the Measuring tool.

The Snap Shot of Main Window remains open until you either take a new snapshot or close the window.

To take a snapshot of the main window

1.       On the View menu, click Snapshot of Main, or press Ctrl + 0.

OR

1.       In the toolbar, click the Camera tool.