Kerning of space in FrameMaker

[John Root]

Assuming you're using FrameMaker on Windows:

Open maker.ini in Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker

Search for the parameter DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics

Set the value for this parameter to On

You should now see the changes you made to the font metrics which
incidentally should have appeared correctly in printed output even if the
font did not appear as you expected on screen.

John

 
On 1/7/06 10:34 AM, "Typesetting" <typeset at goldeneraproductions.org> wrote:

> Dear Framers,
> 
> I have found (I believe it is) a bug) in FrameMaker in regards to kerning
> pairs. 
> 
> I have FontLab and I, for example, kerned two characters which are the f and
> the space. I did that because the f was "leaning over" to the right and was
> touching the first letter of the word. For example: "of How" where f touched
> the H even though there was space entered in between.
> 
> So I opened the font and fixed the kerning pair of the f and the space. It
> looked great. 
> 
> I install the font and the characters are still crashing. Of course the Pair
> Kern was turned ON.
> 
> Then I checked the same thing in MS Word and InDesign and when the kerning
> was turned on, the kerning pair I did inside the font was applied and showed
> up. 
> 
> But not in FrameMaker.
> 
> Does anyone know about this and know how to handle it? Any plug-ins or
> FrameScript for this?
> 
> Any data would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best, Greg
> 
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