Allan Murray wrote:
>
> "Character" <Char@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:VF5Lj.399952$r03.139763@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Autumn wrote:
>>
>>> To all the font collectors and font makers,
>>>
>>> What do you consider the most im****tant programs to have for making,
>>> sorting, viewing and manipulating fonts? I have collected several
dozen
> over
>>> the years and just keep them in a folder uninstalled. I would like to
> clean
>>> them out and only save and perhaps install the best of them.
>>>
>>> Typograf is the program I use the most, but also TTFfont renamer,
> duplicate
>>> finder, and I have a program for making a handwriting font.
>>>
>>> Thank you for the time and help,
>>>
>>> Autumn
>>>
>>>
>> Best font renamer (by a BIG margin):
>>
>> FontRenamer
>>
>> Handles all font formats, renames related files (e.g., .afm, .pfm,
>> .inf, .pfb), has validity checking options, and more.
>> Available (free) here: http://fontorg.com/download.aspx
>>
>> On the same page, you can download
>>
>> FontOrg
>>
>> A program that looks INSIDE your fonts to find info about foundry,
>> designer, and more. See the home page
>>
>> http://fontorg.com/default.aspx
for additional information.
>>
>> For Making Fonts ... It depends on how elaborate you want to be.
>> Even Corel Draw can create fonts!
>> Then (approximately in ascending order of complexity) there's
>> EUDCEDIT (built in to MS Windows - makes your glyph accessible -
>> doesn't create or modify fonts)
>> Your Handwriting II (no longer marketed)
>> Softy (available, but will never change)
>> Font Creator
>> Altsoft FTMaster
>> Scanfont
>> Noah
>> Fontographer (very long in the tooth, OS compatibility problems)
>> FontLab
>>
>> - Character
>>
>>
>> - Character
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
> To add to Character's list of font making programs:
>
> - FontForge (freeware).
> - FontLabs TypeTool (less features and lower cost than FontLab Studio).
> - Type 2.2 font editor.
>
> Allan.
>
>
Thanks for the information.
I'm currently building FontForge under Unix X11R6 from source. Looks
promising. Also Fontlab TypeTool has been touted as a subset of Fontlab
Studio; also looks promising.
BTW, What is Type 2.2 font editor? Is a link available for this product?
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