# General Font Discussions **URL:** https://forum.high-logic.com/c/fonts-and-more/general-font-discussions/39.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forum.high-logic.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.high-logic.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.high-logic.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Character fit within merged cells in Excel](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/character-fit-within-merged-cells-in-excel/6066)
**Author:** [@Fonts](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Fonts)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/character-fit-within-merged-cells-in-excel/6066 "2018-03-13T13:56:11Z")
I am working on this font and have noticed that some of the end characters do not within the merged cells in Excel. In the case I have attached, part of some characters are truncated on the right boundary (the green lin… --- ## [Correct display of font characters in font programs](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/correct-display-of-font-characters-in-font-programs/5912)
**Author:** [@Shanafeg](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Shanafeg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/correct-display-of-font-characters-in-font-programs/5912 "2017-11-11T11:38:14Z")
Many of my fonts don’t have a full character set. Yet when I display them in Main Type or Windows Fontview, Windows substitutes characters in its default font for the ones that are missing. The result is a false displa… --- ## [Tool to measure font colour](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/tool-to-measure-font-colour/5903)
**Author:** [@honest.bern](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/honest.bern)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/tool-to-measure-font-colour/5903 "2017-10-31T22:39:25Z")
Could anyone point me to a tool to measure the colour of letters in a font? I do not mean rgb colour but the ratio of black and white areas? --- ## [Questions about free font usage, Legal issues?](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/questions-about-free-font-usage-legal-issues/4815)
**Author:** [@londonchick](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/londonchick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/questions-about-free-font-usage-legal-issues/4815 "2017-10-13T10:39:37Z")
Hi All, I love carving stamps to give friends as a present or sometimes sell them when ppl are interested. Recently I came across Dick Pape’s Weissranken Initialen font and really loved the looks of it, so I carved an … --- ## [OpenType Feature & Lookup Test Font](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/opentype-feature-lookup-test-font/5887)
**Author:** [@Stephan\_B](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Stephan_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/opentype-feature-lookup-test-font/5887 "2017-10-10T22:21:28Z")
I am working on a text layout and rendering tool for a game engine. Currently, I am adding support for OpenType features and curious to know if anyone knows of a font file designed for testing each of the various lookup … --- ## [Fonts not working in Windows 10](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/fonts-not-working-in-windows-10/5842)
**Author:** [@Karin1610](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Karin1610)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/fonts-not-working-in-windows-10/5842 "2017-09-20T18:19:22Z")
Hi, I discovered a strange problem with my fonts the other day and I’d like to know if anybody here encountered sth like this too. On my PC I have Windows 10 – the upgraded version (what a mistake to do this …). A few d… --- ## [Almost equal to](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/almost-equal-to/5806)
**Author:** [@Karin1610](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Karin1610)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/almost-equal-to/5806 "2017-07-30T17:25:40Z")
Hi, I’m totally new to font making, so I hope my question isn’t too stupid. I’m trying to make a school font, and one important character for me is the “Almost equal to” one. (Glyph name is “approxequal”). I have added… --- ## [How to start a Typography Journey...](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/how-to-start-a-typography-journey/5786)
**Author:** [@artist](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/artist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/how-to-start-a-typography-journey/5786 "2017-07-13T14:34:57Z")
Hello :smiley:, I am the passionate artist who designs sketches in my free time and looking forward to enhancing typography skills not professionally but to get some basic knowledge that will help me in my web design pr… --- ## [OpenType Features: Order of Precedence](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/opentype-features-order-of-precedence/3575)
**Author:** [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/opentype-features-order-of-precedence/3575 "2017-05-29T22:12:53Z")
I found that the features which appear first in my script file will override those that follow if both are enabled by the user: feature AlternativeFractions; feature ScientificInferiors; feature Subscript; feature Supe… --- ## [Chaining Context: Ligatures following numerals](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/chaining-context-ligatures-following-numerals/5733)
**Author:** [@PJMiller](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/PJMiller)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/chaining-context-ligatures-following-numerals/5733 "2017-05-29T13:55:27Z")
SHOCK … HORROR :open\_mouth: :unamused: Ordinals and Fractions don’t play well together in many other fonts including professionally designed expensive fonts which really ought to know better !! Many of them turn a… --- ## [A Picture Completes The Circle](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/a-picture-completes-the-circle/5665)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Pape](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Dick_Pape)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/a-picture-completes-the-circle/5665 "2017-05-05T11:32:14Z")
--- ## [Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 issues](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator-1-4-issues/5618)
**Author:** [@Liggliluff](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Liggliluff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator-1-4-issues/5618 "2017-04-21T19:05:37Z")
People seem to know Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MKLC) software well here, and I was hoping that someone could help me out with something I just can’t seem to wrap my head around. I made my own combined Swedish–Hu… --- ## [Comic Sans Day - Celebrate the Most Hated Font ;-)](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/comic-sans-day-celebrate-the-most-hated-font/5569)
**Author:** [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/comic-sans-day-celebrate-the-most-hated-font/5569 "2017-04-07T12:23:08Z")
You either hate it or love it, but I think most people who say they hate it are annoyed by the fact the font is used in too many situations when another font style would be way more appropriate. Especially creative peopl… --- ## [Combining Modifiers for Emojii](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/combining-modifiers-for-emojii/5526)
**Author:** [@PJMiller](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/PJMiller)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/combining-modifiers-for-emojii/5526 "2017-03-22T19:26:15Z")
This is from the XKCD website. :smiley: --- ## [How can I get rid of ligatures in a font?](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-ligatures-in-a-font/5437)
**Author:** [@inhahe](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/inhahe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-ligatures-in-a-font/5437 "2017-02-13T13:10:36Z")
I don’t know if “ligatures” is the right word, but the issue is that I have a font that automatically replaces “…” with a Unicode ellipses character and “-\>” with a Unicode arrow character and maybe other substitutions.… --- ## [Tahoma Knock Off](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/tahoma-knock-off/5409)
**Author:** [@Tom](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Tom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/tahoma-knock-off/5409 "2017-01-12T21:26:36Z")
I have a loan document that was created in November 1991 by an attorney using an early Apple computer, probably a Mac SE. The computer is long gone and my attorney passed away in 2006. I think he was using word perfect a… --- ## [Docx - Matching Line Spacing of Word](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/docx-matching-line-spacing-of-word/5230)
**Author:** [@nbellowe](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/nbellowe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/docx-matching-line-spacing-of-word/5230 "2016-08-29T17:35:53Z")
Hello there! I don’t know as much about fonts as I could, and I was wondering if some of the brilliant minds here could give me a hand, I’d really appreciate it Basically, I have some questions on how to calculate the l… --- ## [Software that can recreate hand-writing](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/software-that-can-recreate-hand-writing/5219)
**Author:** [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/software-that-can-recreate-hand-writing/5219 "2016-08-12T22:30:04Z")
See this BBC Click News item: --- ## [font ligature problem](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/font-ligature-problem/5208)
**Author:** [@zahoor](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/zahoor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/font-ligature-problem/5208 "2016-07-30T09:36:38Z")
I have an arabic open type font which was working fine in windows 7/ office . However as soon as I installed windows 10 /office 13, some of the ligatures are not working in microsoft office word. Interestingly enough th… --- ## [Embeddability conundrum](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/embeddability-conundrum/5169)
**Author:** [@Alfred](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Alfred)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/embeddability-conundrum/5169 "2016-07-01T12:40:42Z")
According to the information on the ‘Legal’ tab in the Font Properties dialog in FontCreator, the Morpheus font from Kiwi Media is ‘Installable’, so I was surprised to find that it doesn’t display correctly in Internet E… --- ## [requesting to develop Tirhuta Font on Unicode](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/requesting-to-develop-tirhuta-font-on-unicode/5171)
**Author:** [@Roshan](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Roshan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/requesting-to-develop-tirhuta-font-on-unicode/5171 "2016-07-01T09:11:54Z")
I am requesting to develop Tirhuta Font on Unicode. without Tirhuta font, Tirhuta Keyboard Layout is no used. if there is any charges for it. I am ready to pay. --- ## [Superman Font](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/superman-font/5123)
**Author:** [@nayzwulf6913](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/nayzwulf6913)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/superman-font/5123 "2016-05-30T08:22:59Z")
I’m trying to make a Superman costume for a friends cat and I tried freehand cutting out the S and a T combined and really want better. Is there a font that anyone knows of where I can combine the two letters into the sy… --- ## [List of fonts](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/list-of-fonts/5105)
**Author:** [@irenefrie](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/irenefrie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/list-of-fonts/5105 "2016-05-15T16:33:15Z")
Hello, I am having trouble finding the list of fonts that came with windows 8.1 and also windows 10. I have installed many miscellaneous fonts in my C:Windowxs/Fonts and want to clean them up leaving only the fonts that… --- ## [Applying a Web font](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/applying-a-web-font/5069)
**Author:** [@William](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/William)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/applying-a-web-font/5069 "2016-04-07T11:19:01Z")
I have produced some artwork for a font. There are some pictures in the following thread. I am hoping to make a font using the colourful glyphs that are currently in the cells for digits 1 through to 9 and the cell f… --- ## [Characters not yet included in the Unicode Standard](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/characters-not-yet-included-in-the-unicode-standard/5048)
**Author:** [@PJMiller](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/PJMiller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/characters-not-yet-included-in-the-unicode-standard/5048 "2016-03-14T18:37:09Z")
In the next release of Unicode in June there are four characters which have been added to the Miscellaneous Technical block, two of these are the on/off power symbols from IEC 5009 and IEC 5010, these are at $23FB and $2… --- ## [Copying a Font?](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/copying-a-font/5025)
**Author:** [@driz](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/driz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/copying-a-font/5025 "2016-02-29T16:55:29Z")
Hi, I have a certain font that I really like, but it’s a corporate-designed font and nobody can use it but the corporation. 1.) Is there a font creation software package that will allow me to input JPG images of this co… --- ## [Can i use Futura Font for free?](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/can-i-use-futura-font-for-free/4688)
**Author:** [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/can-i-use-futura-font-for-free/4688 "2016-02-24T13:41:28Z")
You could find a cheap old copy of CorelDraw Essentials or WordPerfect Family Pack on e-Bay to get a legitimate license to use hundreds of Bitstream fonts including Futura. Otherwise, there are plenty of free look-alikes… --- ## [Baron font only in italic, not regular](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/baron-font-only-in-italic-not-regular/5010)
**Author:** [@LonelyPixel](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/LonelyPixel)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/baron-font-only-in-italic-not-regular/5010 "2016-02-20T21:06:18Z")
Hi, I’ve found the free Baron font and downloaded it. It’s 6 .otf files. Unfortunately, the files each define a different font family so they appear as 6 independent entries in font family lists of applications. The Bol… --- ## [Best image for import - FontCreator 9.0](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/best-image-for-import-fontcreator-9-0/4959)
**Author:** [@Lonman59](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Lonman59)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/best-image-for-import-fontcreator-9-0/4959 "2016-01-24T09:36:46Z")
Here is a small screen shot of what I have to work with. Can convert to suggestion. thanks for the time. --- ## [Composite vs. Simple](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/composite-vs-simple/4918)
**Author:** [@PJMiller](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/PJMiller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/composite-vs-simple/4918 "2015-12-17T18:45:23Z")
Does anyone have a feel for the relative sizes of composite glyphs as opposed to simple glyphs? Obviously it will depend on the number of control points but in general I would imagine that composites are smaller, but I … [Previous page](https://forum.high-logic.com/c/fonts-and-more/general-font-discussions/39.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.high-logic.com/c/fonts-and-more/general-font-discussions/39.md?page=3)