Font Forge
Fri May 19, 2023 9:46 pm
Has anyone used Font Forge? Is it complicated to use? Is there a steep learning curve? I'm asking because I'm considering downloading it and trying my hand at creating fonts.
Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Re: Font Forge
Sat May 20, 2023 3:43 am
mackenzieh wrote:....Is it complicated to use? Is there a steep learning curve? ....
Of course it is complicated. Start here: https://fontforge.org/docs/tutorial.html
Re: Font Forge
Sat May 20, 2023 5:33 am
rich2005 wrote:mackenzieh wrote:....Is it complicated to use? Is there a steep learning curve? ....
Of course it is complicated. Start here: https://fontforge.org/docs/tutorial.html
Thanks, Rich. I'll check it out. I've got the site bookmarked. Besides fontforge, are there any other sites that help with the creation of fonts? FontForge was the main one that came to mind when I searched google.
Re: Font Forge
Sat May 20, 2023 7:12 am
A more modern application is birdfont https://birdfont.org/
Might be a better bet to start with: https://birdfont.org/doku/doku.php/tutorials
Might be a better bet to start with: https://birdfont.org/doku/doku.php/tutorials
Re: Font Forge
Sat May 20, 2023 5:41 pm
rich2005 wrote:A more modern application is birdfont https://birdfont.org/
Might be a better bet to start with: https://birdfont.org/doku/doku.php/tutorials
I got the program to download but due to the file extension, .exe, my microsoft windows defender smart screen has popped up.
Re: Font Forge
Sun May 21, 2023 3:53 am
...my microsoft windows defender smart screen has popped up...
Now there is a contradiction in terms : smart and microsoft
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not many alternatives to FontForge
Re: Font Forge
Sun May 21, 2023 12:27 pm
@mackenzieh
Hope you are still interested, making a font from scratch is a big project, I have a BBC video where they made a new font (to avoid paying royalties) for captions and the detail is amazing.
However, as an example of a draw-your-own, this using Inkscape and Fontforge.
About 6 minutes duration https://youtu.be/6NDq1TJeyEU
Video from : www.youtube.com
Hope you are still interested, making a font from scratch is a big project, I have a BBC video where they made a new font (to avoid paying royalties) for captions and the detail is amazing.
However, as an example of a draw-your-own, this using Inkscape and Fontforge.
About 6 minutes duration https://youtu.be/6NDq1TJeyEU
Video from : www.youtube.comRe: Font Forge
Sun May 21, 2023 2:27 pm
rich2005 wrote:@mackenzieh
Hope you are still interested, making a font from scratch is a big project, I have a BBC video where they made a new font (to avoid paying royalties) for captions and the detail is amazing.
However, as an example of a draw-your-own, this using Inkscape and Fontforge.
About 6 minutes duration https://youtu.be/6NDq1TJeyEU
I'm still interested in making fonts from scratch. I will definitely check out the video.
Re: Font Forge
Sun May 21, 2023 3:46 pm
vitforlinux wrote:I got the program to download but due to the file extension, .exe, my microsoft windows defender smart screen has popped up.
The Fontforge and Birdfont packages are available in Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) without any Smartscreen, it always remains the user's responsibility to know when the Smartscreen is wrong.
Virustotal can help you understand if there really are problems with an .exe file.
This is the scan with 69 antivirus by VirusTotal of BirdFont installer https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c6a251d4c9932a71899bba211e17eaf792379efb4c6f8d66befb3d9f6fd1323e
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How does it remain the responsibility of of the user to know when the Smartscreen is wrong?