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<h1>Tutorial<a class="headerlink" href="#tutorial" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample.html">1. Font and glyph creation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample.html#font-creation">1.1. Font creation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample.html#creating-a-glyph">1.2. Creating a glyph</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-1">2.1. Step 1</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-2">2.2. Step 2</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-3">2.3. Step 3</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-4">2.4. Step 4</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-5">2.5. Step 5</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-6">2.6. Step 6</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-7">2.7. Step 7</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-9">2.9. Step 9</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editspiro.html#step-10">2.10. Step 10</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/importexample.html">3. Importing Outline Glyphs</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample2.html">4. More on glyphs</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample2.html#navigating-to-glyphs">4.1. Navigating to glyphs.</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample2.html#creating-the-letter-o-consistent-directions">4.2. Creating the letter “o” – consistent directions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample3.html">5. Creating letters with consistent stem widths, serifs and heights</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample4.html">6. Accented glyphs, ligatures, lookups and features</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample4.html#building-accented-glyphs">6.1. Building accented glyphs</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample4.html#creating-a-ligature">6.2. Creating a ligature</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample4.html#lookups-and-features">6.3. Lookups and Features</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample5.html">7. Metrics, spacing and kerning</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample5.html#examining-and-controlling-metrics">7.1. Examining and controlling metrics</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample5.html#kerning">7.2. Kerning</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample6.html">8. Glyph variants and anchoring marks</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample6.html#glyph-variants">8.1. Glyph Variants</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample6-5.html#apple-advanced-typography">9.2. Apple advanced typography</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample6-5.html#opentype-greek-ligatures">9.3. OpenType, Greek ligatures</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html">10. Checking and generating a font</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html#checking-a-font">10.1. Checking a font</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html#bitmaps">10.2. Bitmaps</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html#generating-a-font">10.3. Generating a font</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html#font-families">10.4. Font Families</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample7.html#final-summary">10.5. Final Summary</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample8.html">11. Working with Bitmap Fonts</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample8.html#opening-importing-bitmap-strikes">11.1. Opening & Importing Bitmap strikes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/editexample8.html#creating-bitmap-strikes">11.2. Creating Bitmap strikes</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/scriptnotes.html">13. Special thoughts for special scripts</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/scriptnotes.html#id1">13.1. Special thoughts for special scripts</a></li>
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<h3><a class="reference external" href="old/de/editexample.html">Tutorial in German</a><a class="headerlink" href="#tutorial-in-german" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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