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What about fonts?

What about fonts? Software 5 posts Feb 16, 2003 — Feb 16, 2003

#1 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 - 00:11

Hi all,
My name is Mike and I'm a screenshot addict. However, I also love collecting fonts. So let's see what you can do with fonts. I would but I'm buzzed.

Mike

#2 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 - 01:29

Unless someone makes a Font tool to create custom fonts for OS X, I won't be making any fonts any time soon. Damned Fonotgrapher!!!

Mac Guru

#3 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 - 05:02

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Originally posted by Mac Guru:
Unless someone makes a Font tool to create custom fonts for OS X, I won't be making any fonts any time soon. Damned Fonotgrapher!!!

Mac Guru

There is one: Fontlab. Works fine.

I did this one a while ago (still with OS 9 and Fontographer):
http://www.philippkatz.de/cubisma.html

// phil

#4 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 - 08:54

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Originally posted by p.h..i...l....:
There is one: Fontlab. Works fine.

I did this one a while ago (still with OS 9 and Fontographer):
http://www.philippkatz.de/cubisma.html

// phil

That font is kinda cool. WOW! I'd love to make fonts! Kinda one of those careers that I always dreamed of, but I can't see any money in it so I think $600 might be a little much for me to pay to just play around a little. Where are all the freeware font making apps?

#5 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 - 15:32

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There is one: Fontlab. Works fine.

So how does one take a scan of handwriting and turn it into a font. I used to be able to just paste in Illustrator paths in Fontographer. But Font Lab doesn't let me. Any way to get an Illustrator document with my charecters into FontLab?

Mac Guru