Re: Fonts for NB

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Maybe you should send the modified fonts to NB, for their inclusion of it
with NB 8.
> Following advice from Robert I have, in conjunction with Michael Norman,
> modified the Vedana font in order to stop descenders from disappearing
> below the screen on the last line of a screen full of text when using
> Notabene. Since this is the screen upon which one is writing, it can be
> irritating to have them disappear in this way.
> The modification involves increasing the font 'line gap' from zero to 500
> or 600. I have produced a set of four fonts for each of these line
> gaps. One of the other, but not both, can be installed as Vedana NB. In
> both cases descenders are lifted clear of the bottom of the screen in 12pt
> and 14pt, the font sizes I use most frequently. However this change means
> that the spacing between lines on screen is increased too. I find this
> makes the screen slightly easier to read but it may not suit everybody.
> Modification of the line gap was carried out with FontCreator 5.6 in the
> Metrics tab under Format/Settings and can easily be carried out on other
> fonts. Names are changed in Format/Naming so that the new font is loaded
> under a different name. The the original and the new can then be used
> side by side.
> If anybody wants copies of the modified Vedana fonts I am happy to send
> them privately, or alternatively post them to the list if that is preferred.
>
> Paul Breeze


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx