When I try to scale a font to a new UPM nothing changes besides the line length in the Edit window. A 700 unit width glyph remains 700 units.
version 3.1.1 (3148) on macOS Ventura 13.0.1
It works fine for me. Did you type the value in the text field, or bring up the scale dialog first? The former only changes the UPM value without scaling the outlines and metrics.
I tried both. no change.
How are you scaling to a new UPM? Are you just changing the UPM value? You need to click on the resize icon and enter the new value there.
Edit: sorry, I didn’t read your previous reply.
Could you take a screenshot of what changes? Otherwise, would you mind sending the file in a PM?
A quit and restart fixed this issue. Thanks for your help.
This issue still persists, at least from my understanding.
Works for me. Can you explain what exactly you are doing and what happens?
I did not realize typing into the field did not commit a change beyond the UPM value, the “stretch” icon to it side turned out to be a button that needed to be pressed to have the font MATCH the new UPM.
in this layout, the “refresh” button seems like a convenience (you can choose to type the creation date, too but press the button to choose the current date) so I did not believe the “stretch” icon was needed to change to the new UPM.
It is very helpful to have modifying UPM value and recalculating UPM separate functions, but first-time users of it (like me) could miss the value
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