Making Fonts?

[DJAnim8 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

We recently bought Fontographer 4 to create fonts for displays we are making in 3D. When we purchased it and installed it.. it gave us errors.. and long story short, we had to cut down our paging files.

While we were talking to Macromedia, they said they don't sell Fontographer much anymore because everyone creates there fonts in Freehand.... my question is:

how in the world do you create font files from freehand? We have FH10 and FH MX....

Thanks
James


James Carson
Programmer, 3D Artist, Graphic Designer
LSI/Star Mountain

[darrel]

> We recently bought Fontographer 4 to create fonts for displays we are
making in 3D.

Ouch. Fontographer is an ancient, ancient program. I'd look into getting
something newer like FontLab.

> While we were talking to Macromedia, they said they don't sell

Fontographer

> much anymore because everyone creates there fonts in Freehand.... my

question is:

> how in the world do you create font files from freehand?

Once again, sign that MM is completely clueless and couldn't care less about
Freehand users. *sigh*

Anyways, you can draw your typeface in Freehand, but you need a font editor
to actually create the font files. FontLab is the current favorite among
many type designers.

-Darrel

[DJAnim8 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I had used Fontographer a LONG time ago and liked it.. (probably version 4 at that time too) and if I would have known the problems we were going to have with it, I would have put in for FontLab.. but the price set the buy...... thanks though!



James Carson
Programmer, 3D Artist, Graphic Designer
LSI/Star Mountain

[darrel]

> I would have put in for FontLab.. but the price set the buy...... thanks
though!

When did you buy Fontographer? As Bobby mentions, FOG is almost 9 years old.
That's really ancient software. I don't think any company would be too keen
on using antiquated software for their business. Maybe you can take that
angle in pitching FontLab to your boss.

-Darrel

[darrel]

> I can't believe they still bother to sell it at all, and much less for

> $349....

I find that totally unethical that they sell decade-old software for $349.

But, hey...it's a free market.

-Darrel

[Armadillo]

> how in the world do you create font files from freehand? We have FH10 and

FH MX....

Making Type3 font is very easy, just take the text tool and type the font as
PostScript code. Then export as text.

Jukka

[darrel]

> Making Type3 font is very easy, just take the text tool and type the font
as

> PostScript code. Then export as text.

That's easy for you? ;o)

-Darrel

[Armadillo]

> > Making Type3 font is very easy, just take the text tool and type the

font

> as

> > PostScript code. Then export as text.

>
> That's easy for you? ;o)

I guess I just redefined the word easy.

Now getting an update or support from Macromedia is easy as well. Life is
easy from now on.

Jukka