Re: Free font software
> On Nov 4, 2019, at 6:30 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > At 04:30 PM 3/11/2019 -0600, Bob Yates wrote: >> Sorry don't know how to respond directly > > There's always the last resort of ctl-C copy and a text editor? > > >> https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ > > Have you (or anyone here) actually tried Fontforge? > I had a go back in mid 2018, and then it seemed to be semi-abandoned, > full of bugs, poorly documented and possibly unworkable. > Or at least I fell off the 'learning cliff' and couldn't achieve what > I wanted. Admittedly the subject is extremely complicated, so maybe it > was just me and my 60+ year old brain. I haven't done all that much with it, but yes, I've used it, and it seemed fine. > Gave up on Fontforge and decided to buy a commercial font utility (with > real manuals) next time I have enough spare cash. (Which hasn't happened yet.) One problem with commercial tools is that they generally are for Windows, which I don't want to use. paul
Re: Free font software
At 04:30 PM 3/11/2019 -0600, Bob Yates wrote: >Sorry don't know how to respond directly There's always the last resort of ctl-C copy and a text editor? >https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ Have you (or anyone here) actually tried Fontforge? I had a go back in mid 2018, and then it seemed to be semi-abandoned, full of bugs, poorly documented and possibly unworkable. Or at least I fell off the 'learning cliff' and couldn't achieve what I wanted. Admittedly the subject is extremely complicated, so maybe it was just me and my 60+ year old brain. Gave up on Fontforge and decided to buy a commercial font utility (with real manuals) next time I have enough spare cash. (Which hasn't happened yet.) Guy
RE: Free font software
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Bob Yates via > cctalk > Sent: 03 November 2019 22:30 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Free font software > > Sorry don't know how to respond directly > > https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ Thanks, will see if I can understand it. Regards Rob
