# Export is acting up (I think)

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580>\
**Category:** Glyphs\
**Tags:** resolved\
**Created:** [January 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580 "2021-01-25T16:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/87869e/32.png) [@OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/OWD)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/1 "2021-01-25T16:01:54Z")

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I’ve been working on this font for a client and for some reason when I export it seems to confuse X-height with Cap height. Or rather the Ascender.

This makes the font stick its head above the text field when testing it in Illustrator. In Glyphs, it looks fine, with plenty of space between cap height and ascender, but when exported it seems to put the X-height as the height of the type, and not the ascender. I have no idea why, it has never happened to me before.

I have an up-to-date version (3.0.2)

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**Author:** ![ddaanniiieeelll](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/ddaanniiieeelll/32/14672_2.png) [@ddaanniiieeelll](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/ddaanniiieeelll)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/2 "2021-01-25T16:16:57Z")

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Did you set all the vertical metrics right?  
There’s a tutorial for that on this page 🙂

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**Author:** ![OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/87869e/32.png) [@OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/OWD)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/3 "2021-01-25T16:25:28Z")

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I mean, I think so. I’ve checked, but I guess there’s no loss in doing it again.

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/4 "2021-01-25T16:33:42Z")

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Illustrator calculates the first baseline by the height of the shape in the letter “d”. You might need to put a tiny shape at the ascender height in the “d”.

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**Author:** ![mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/mekkablue/32/23_2.png) [@mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/mekkablue)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/5 "2021-01-25T16:34:05Z")

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> [@OWD](#):
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> This makes the font stick its head above the text field when testing it in Illustrator.

Can you show a screenshot? And make sure it contains the lowercase d.

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**Author:** ![OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/87869e/32.png) [@OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/OWD)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/6 "2021-01-25T16:38:03Z")

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Thanks! I’ll try this (and go through everything again).

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**Author:** ![OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/87869e/32.png) [@OWD](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/OWD)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/export-is-acting-up-i-think/17580/7 "2021-01-25T16:47:50Z")

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This forum is fire. Thanks all, Much appreciated.