How do I get my glyphs from Adobe Illustrator into FontLab Studio or TypeTool?
Preparing Artwork in Adobe Illustrator If you intend to use Adobe Illustrator to draw the glyph outlines: In Illustrator, go to Edit > Preferences > Units & Undo or Units & Display Performance. Change all units to points (1 point is equal to 1 unit in TypeTool). Go to Preferences > Files & Clipboard. Disable PDF, enable AICB and select Preserve Paths. In Preferences > Guides & Grid, set Gridline every: 10 pt and Subdivisions: 10. Still in Illustrator, select File > New. Set the width of the document in points to be the double of the UPM size of your font (e.g. 2000 pt for a 1000 UPM font). Set the height of the document to be the same as UPM size Descender (e.g. 1000 (-263) = 1263 pt). Select Window > Info, View > Show Rulers, View > Snap to Grid. Disable View > Guides > Lock Guides. Optionally select View > Show Grid. Now click on the top ruler of the Illustrator document window and drag out a guideline. Position it at the height that has the same (positive) value as the (negative) de
