Re: [fontforge-users] Dieresis outside of line height

[Dave C. <da...@la...>]

Font info, os/2, metrics, and with offset turned on, set all to zero?
On 19 Jan 2015 03:35, "Manfred Kooistra" <man...@gm...> wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I want to create a handwriting font to letter my comics, but when I write
> in my font, the dots (dieresis) above the capital U-umlaut (Ü) lie outside
> the line height.
>
> I have attached a screenshot that shows the problem.
>
> In the image you see Lucida Grande (top) and my font (bottom). I have
> selected the text, making the line height visible.
>
> When I open Lucida in Fontforge, the ascender line runs through the middle
> of the dieresis, but when I select text written in Lucida, the line height
> stretches to above the ascender line and includes the dieresis.
>
> In my font the dieresis lies on the ascender line, too, but when I select
> text written in my font, the line height stops at the ascender line.
>
> I have copied all the metrics from the general and the OS/2 tab from
> Lucida to my font, but the difference in line height remains.
>
> What did I miss, and how can I solve this problem?
>
> Ben
>
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