# Paste special not pasting width metric keys

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/paste-special-not-pasting-width-metric-keys/37319>\
**Category:** Glyphs\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/paste-special-not-pasting-width-metric-keys/37319 "2026-09-22T08:12:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ramiro](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@ramiro](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/ramiro)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/paste-special-not-pasting-width-metric-keys/37319/1 "2026-09-22T08:12:35Z")

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Hi there,

I’ve been noticing that when I copy-paste metric keys from one font to another the ones that are placed in the width field are ignored. I don’t think this is rights.

TIA.

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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:** [September 23, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/paste-special-not-pasting-width-metric-keys/37319/2 "2026-09-23T10:56:15Z")

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Thanks for the report. I fixed it.