Font making software?

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by ariyes, Aug 28, 2007.

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    I need font making software. i don't know how to make fonts. also needed font making tutorial. :)
     
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  2. reezluv

    reezluv Active Member

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    that can be done with Fontographer..you need that software to make your own font..but first you have a lot of work to do..sketch your font from A-Z,0-9 and trace it..using AI..and then you can use the Fontographer..I guess that's the way..:)I don't really know there's any other way..:eek:
     
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    eruct Well-Known Member

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    There is also Fontlab, Fontographer's bigger brother. You might also look in Scanfont which allows you to scan in your hand drawn font and it does a pretty good job of auto-tracing it for you. However, creating an entire font with all characters and proper kerning and ligatures is no small task.

    I recommend that you join http://www.typophile.com/ , the people on here do nothing but talk about type and are very eager to help a budding type designer.

    There is also this http://www.pentacom.jp/soft/ex/font/edit_canvas.html ,
    which is a free bitmap font creator.
     
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    i think there are some demos of different software for making fonts on dafonts.com
     
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    Are these font making programs freeware?
     
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    dafonts.com is not found.
     
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    eruct Well-Known Member

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    It's actually:
    http://www.dafont.com

    *no 's' at the end.
     
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    ariyes Notable Member

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