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: FontLab Studio - Line Height on Font Weight Alternative I am using FontLab Studio - I have two font files - a normal and a bold alternative. Here are the two fonts side-by-side: When I

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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:



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:



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



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: www.screencast.com/t/tDMt9lkwCZx
Here is a comparison of the Font Info:

Regular





Bold

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@Hamaas979

Two things to check:


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


Let us know what you found there.

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