The Hints Menu

This menu is only present in the outline character view and the font view. In the font view it only contains two entries: AutoHint and Clear Hints
A more detailed description of the hinting UI.

AutoHint
The Auto Hint command causes PfaEdit to throw away any existing hints for the character and guess an new ones. In the outline view this operates on the current character, in the font view it operates on all selected characters.
Clear Hints
Clears all hints in all selected characters.
Clear HStem
Removes all Horizontal Stem hints from the current character.
Clear VStem
Removes all Vertical Stem hints.
Clear DStem
Removes all Diagonal Stem hints
Add HHint
If there are two points selected (exactly two) and if they have different y positions, then this will create a Horizontal Stem Hint starting at the lower one of the two going up to the upper one.
Add VHint
If there are two points selected (exactly two) and if they have different x positions, then this will create a Vertical Stem Hint starting at the leftmost one of the two going right to the rightmost one.
Add DHint
If there are exactly two points selected, and if each is connected to a line, and the two lines are roughly parallel and not horizontal or vertical, then this will create a diagonal stem hint.
Create HHint
Brings up a dialog allowing you to specify exactly where and how wide you want a Horizontal Stem Hint.
Create VHint
Brings up a dialog allowing you to specify exactly where and how wide you want a Vertical Stem Hint.
Review Hints
Brings up a dialog allowing you to examine (and modify) all horizontal/vertical stem hints. The currently active hint is picked out in either dark blue or dark green.


The Minimum Distance SubMenu

Clear All MD
Clears all minimum distance hints and all rounding hints in the character.
Clear Selected x MD
Clears all x minimum distance hints for which at least one point is selected.
Also all selected points are marked not rounding in the x direction.
Clear Selected y MD
Clears all y minimum distance hints for which at least one point is selected.
Also all selected points are marked not rounding in the y direction.
Add x MD / Add MD Here to Width
If two points are selected creates a minimum distance hint from the first one to be selected to the second. If one point is selected, creates a minimum distance hint from that point to the width.
If you attempt to create two minimum distance hints to the same point in the same direction, PfaEdit will only create the more restrictive of the two.
Add y MD
If two points are selected creates a minimum distance hint from the first one to be selected to the second.
Round X
If checked then all selected points are currently marked to round the x coordinate to the rasterized grid. If you select this entry then all selected points will be changed so that they round the x coordinate to the grid.
No Round X
If checked then all selected points are currently marked not to round the x coordinate to the rasterized grid. If you select this entry then all selected points will be changed so that they will not round the x coordinate to the grid.
Round Y
If checked then all selected points are currently marked to round the y coordinate to the rasterized grid. If you select this entry then all selected points will be changed so that they round the y coordinate to the grid.
No Round Y
If checked then all selected points are currently marked not to round the y coordinate to the rasterized grid. If you select this entry then all selected points will be changed so that they will not round the y coordinate to the grid.

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