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by Bhikkhu Pesala
Wed May 30, 2012 4:29 am
Forum: Font Related Information
Topic: Embedding Fonts in Website
Replies: 0
Views: 9997

Re: Embedding Fonts in Website

Yes. You can use @fontface code and upload the font to your site, or use one of the existing online font resources like Google fonts or Font Squirrel . I created a simple Demo Page using my own fonts here, but I am not an expert in web design. Watch the video provided by font squirrel or ask on thei...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 29, 2012 7:51 am
Forum: Implemented Feature Requests
Topic: Shortcuts for buttons in Drawing toolbox
Replies: 2
Views: 10093

Re: Shortcuts for buttons in Drawing toolbox

Shortcuts are a great time-saver when you're using a program daily — not so useful when you have used it for a long time and cannot remember what they are. Spacebar to select the last-used tool would help a bit. The ideal solution would be fully customisable shortcuts, but I suspect that may be too ...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 29, 2012 7:36 am
Forum: Implemented Feature Requests
Topic: Skew transform should use angle instead of tangents
Replies: 3
Views: 5486

Re: Skew transform should use angle instead of tangents

Use the italic transformation — then the angle is shown in degrees.
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 29, 2012 7:33 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Units used in bold, thin and hollow transformations
Replies: 9
Views: 11976

Re: Units used in bold, thin and hollow transformations

Unless otherwise shown on the transform dialogue, then the units are always funits. If you use the Effects, Italic transformation, or the rotate transformation, then the dialogue shows that the units are in degrees and decimals of a degree. Transform Angle.png If you use the scale transformation, th...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 29, 2012 4:07 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Bolden and thinning should use percentages as parameters
Replies: 2
Views: 5219

Re: Bolden and thinning should use percentages as parameters

Agreed. This would be a significant improvement, especially when applying bold or thin transforms to glyphs with a high contrast. This illustration shows what should happen if both horizontal and vertical strokes were set to be 50% bolder. Or one might want to make horizontal strokes bolder by only ...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Sat May 26, 2012 7:30 am
Forum: Identify a Font
Topic: I need help identifying this font
Replies: 3
Views: 3917

Re: I need help identifying this font

4280 glyphs. There are extensive alternates.?? what do you mean?? the curls on the G and Y I have to do them myself?? Some OpenType fonts have Contextual Alternates . In applications like InDesign, Word 2010, or PagePlus X5 that support OpenType features these alternate glyphs can be selected from ...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Sat May 26, 2012 2:46 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Creating dingbat below base line
Replies: 7
Views: 6134

Re: Creating dingbat below base line

If glyphs are being truncated its usually because they lie outside WinAscent or WinDescent.

Use the calculate (maximum) option on the Format, Settings, Metric dialogue to make sure that the whole of every glyph is within the recommended limits.

Calculate Metrics
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Fri May 25, 2012 7:55 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Creating dingbat below base line
Replies: 7
Views: 6134

Re: Creating dingbat below base line

With symbols like this it hardly matters which glyphs they are mapped to. The point of using A-Z for glyphs on the baseline is to get the glyphs to show up in font selection dialogues. If you create a Unicode font instead of a Symbol font, you can use thousands of code-points, but how easy it is for...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Fri May 25, 2012 7:24 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Creating dingbat below base line
Replies: 7
Views: 6134

Re: Creating dingbat below base line

Try adding a set of uppercase glyphs A-Z with normal baselines, and use the lowercase glyphs for your banners. The uppercase glyphs could be banners too, but perhaps containing letters A-Z.
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 22, 2012 8:12 am
Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
Topic: Problems with font modified by FC on Android System
Replies: 8
Views: 9579

Re: Problems with font modified by FC on Android System

The best solution is to rebuild the OpenType tables after making all desired modifications to the font. I provide the OpenType Compiler script with my free fonts so that others can do this quite easily, after studying the Tutorial Thread Recompiling TTF > OTF with the existing script after deleting ...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue May 15, 2012 7:07 am
Forum: Type Design
Topic: How Do You Advertise a New Font?
Replies: 1
Views: 7682

How Do You Advertise a New Font?

If you're good at design, I would suggest creating your own web page to display your fonts, as Pia Frauss has done, or as I have done My Fonts If you're more concerned with generating income then I suppose the best approach would be to submit your font to one of the many well-known font sites. I don...
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:02 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Get rid of Ligature
Replies: 7
Views: 7865

Re: Get rid of Ligature

You probably need to reinstall the font and perhaps need to reboot. If you have cleared the GSUB tables then the substitutions cannot occur.
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:33 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: making a ttf font bold in the home edition
Replies: 3
Views: 4219

Re: making a ttf font bold in the home edition

Here's a demonstration to compare a Synthesised Bold font with a True Bold font. Compare the regular and bold weights for each pair and see how they differ.

These are the four fonts used in the demo:

Accord Light Regular
Accord Light Synthesised Bold
Linux Libertine G Regular
Linux Libertine G Bold
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:18 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: making a ttf font bold in the home edition
Replies: 3
Views: 4219

Re: making a ttf font bold in the home edition

Here's a quick demonstration of how to make the H glyph from Arial Regular into a bold glyph. Other glyphs may take more effort, but its not impractical to do in the Home Edition. Stage 1 (Enter Points mode and marquee select all the nodes you want to move) Arial 01.png Stage 2 (Shift right cursor t...