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Settings

After opening up unicorn and getting to the Main Screen, the first thing we'll do is open the Settings Menu (Ctrl+,). Verify that it's on the FONTS tab.

settings menu for unicorn

Tip

Hover over each settings field's label to get more information about that field!

foundry name

By default, this is bited. Feel free to change this to something more personalized if you wish.

family name

By default, this is new font. Let's change this to unicorn.

Note

If you didn't choose a preset when creating the font, the following metrics fields will be 0.

Metrics

Let's set:

  • Default dimensions to width 7 and height 17.
  • Descent to 4 (ascent will automatically update accordingly).
  • Cap height to 9.
  • X-height to 5.

Once you've finished changing the settings, save & close (Ctrl+Enter) to go back to the Main Screen.