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The rendering of formatting from a plain text file has already been done.

Why not just use the italics button on your word processor it's much simpler.

The classic textbook on type design is ' The Elements of Typographic Style ' by Robert Bringhurst. It is used in several type design courses. I found it to be a very dry read and heavy going. If you can get hold of a copy then 'Letters of Credit' by Walter Tracy is a good read. However it is out of ...

I once toyed with the idea of selling my fonts, but I made some enquiries and the more I found out the less attractive it seemed. Most font vendors want to give you a pittance for each copy of your font they sell and some of them want you to put up a significant chunk of cash to indemnify them again...

There is a feature designed for cursive fonts where the letters are supposed to join together in a continuous stream. I forget the exact name but basically they are anchors but not for the positioning of diacritic marks. If you use this feature (I must admit I have never had occasion to use this fea...

You're welcome.

Cyrillic developed over a long period of time when christian monks set out across asia to bring christianity to the people there. So it is not just one language, the alphabet is used by about thirty five different languages. If you only want to support russian and a few of the major languages then y...

Yes indeed they will but it would be faster/more convenient if one could use the mouse wheel to set the number.

There are various spinner controls in Font Creator (the dialog box controls with a number in a box with up/down arrows at the right hand side). It would be convenient if one could select a spinner control and then use the mouse wheel to increment/decrement those controls. Alternatively one could sel...

There are three types of font commonly used. Serif, Sans Serif and Fancy. The serifed fonts are mostly used for long passages of text where comfort of reading is it's primary purpose. Sans serif fonts are mainly used for short passages of text where instant recognition is important. Although these a...

Or what happened to me, you installed it and used it for 30 days then much later you tried to re-install the trial version and it expired immediately.

Cadman was published in February 2018.

You might also be interested in looking at Cadman a free dyslexic font.

Gothic is not the same as runic.

The runes come from an earlier period and a different location.

Gothic is an ancient germanic language.

It would be a great help.