haccme@milton.u.washington.edu (Thomas Ridgeway) (04/30/91)
In article <15365@life.ai.mit.edu> cbwood@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Clifton B. Wood) writes: >OK, I'm finally fed up with searching for fonts that apparently don't exist >anywhere where they can access them, and I have too many ideas for fonts right >now that I have decided to MAKE MY OWN now the question is: > > HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THIS? > >Any information on where I can find a decent font editor (one that allows you >to edit the actual APPERANCE of the characters. ZSoft's SoftType doesn't allow >you to do this at all) then any locations of available public domain software >or marketing information on commercial software would be GREATLY appreciated. > >Prefered font editors are: Postscript (obviously) or URW. Thanks. Since you mention Softtype, you are presumed to be interested in DOS software; you have probably heard of Publisher's Type Foundary (since it is also a Zsoft product). PTF will indeed allow you to change the shapes of characters (and so forth). I believe (believe != know_for_a_fact) Softtype will convert URW outlines to OTL outlines which PTF can use; PTF includes software to convert its OTL outlines to various forms including type 3 PostScript. You will not likely succeed in getting any existing Postscript font read into PTF however (unless you write some clever conversion software yourself--- PS fonts are usually encoded so as to make such things hard to do). I have, of course, no connection with Zsoft . . . etc. disclaimers cheers, Tom