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I am using FontLab Studio - I have two font files - a normal and a bold alternative. Here are the two fonts side-by-side:

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When I export the normal and install it it looks just like i want it to - however bold text seems to be slightly taller - making the line shift down whenever I make it bold - for instance, here are the two side by side in an invisible table:

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You can see this more clearly when put into a table and compared to how Calibri behaves:

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What am I missing here to make the line height of these two variations the same?

To better show exactly what I mean, see this video: https://www.screencast.com/t/tDMt9lkwCZx

Here is a comparison of the Font Info:

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  • Hey @WELZ - To better show what I mean, I have added another picture and video to the description.
    – William
    Nov 19, 2017 at 9:42
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    I’ve never used FontLab Studio, but presumably there is somewhere you can set the basic line height (or x height or something similar) for the font—does that setting have different values for the regular and the bold? @WELZ You’re comparing glyph size, rather than line/x height.
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Nov 19, 2017 at 12:09
  • For further information, could you please produce the font metrics file (AFM) for both font weights and tell me the values of the FontBBox line in both cases please?
    – Pepe Ochoa
    Nov 21, 2017 at 1:26
  • Wile you provided the DESIGN parameters, it would be interesting to check the CALCULATED parameters. In each font, you can click FIle > Export > Metrics, and generate the AFM, which is an ASCII (text) file. If you open it with Notepad, you can see the calculated FontBBox for the whole font.
    – Pepe Ochoa
    Nov 22, 2017 at 18:02
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    @PepeOchoa, aren't the "Font BBox" shown at the bottom of "Key dimensions" the calculated values?
    – Wolff
    Nov 22, 2017 at 18:26

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Two things to check:

  1. In File > Font Info, compare all values under Metrics and Dimensions
  2. Do you export to .otf or .ttf? Does the problem persist with .ttf?

Let us know what you found there.

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  • Hi @AAGD - I added some screenshots above with Font Info - both styles have the exact same values. I am exporting with .ttf - I actually just tried exporting with .otf though and the problem is fixed - so what is wrong with my ttf setup?
    – William
    Nov 22, 2017 at 10:52
  • I'm sorry, i'm not that experienced in this either, esp. on Win. Have you tried switching to "Calculate Values automatically" as recommended by the interface?
    – AAGD
    Nov 22, 2017 at 11:26

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