Can you send the font file to me, so I can investigate the problem?
Also could you provide me with a screenshot that clarifies the problem?
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- Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:55 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Font does not work under XP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6119
- Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:53 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
- Topic: Path directions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12921
The TrueType font file specification tells us that contours that need to be filled black must have a clockwise direction. If we want to make a white area inside an existing contour we must make the direction of the new contour counter clockwise. See TrueType fundamentals from Microsoft for more info...
- Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:36 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: creating a curve
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6276
There are four ways to add outlines (contours) to a glyph: Add a new contour First select Contour from the Insert menu. A left mouse click creates a point onto the contour and a right mouse click creates a point off the contour for a bézier curve. Creating points while pressing the CTRL key generate...
- Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:28 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Adding new platforms / naming / mapping to existing fonts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7986
- Sun Nov 17, 2002 2:37 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: I thought I had it . . .
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10046
By opening a font with Windows font viewer the font is actually (temporarily) installed. Changing such a font might confuse Windows and/ or the font viewer. If you want to know how your font is going to look you can test (Select Test from the Font menu ) it any time during the development process. S...
- Mon Nov 11, 2002 4:22 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Discussion
- Topic: Macintosh naming?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5474
For historical reasons some applications, which install or use fonts, perform version control using values in the Macintosh platform. Because of this, it is recommended that Macintosh platform exists in all fonts and that the syntax of the Version string follows the guidelines given in the Naming se...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 7:28 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: 'Bad' fonts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6618
- Sun Oct 27, 2002 6:56 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Basic rules for baring lines left and right
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6352
- Fri Oct 18, 2002 3:20 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Trouble Installing a font with Windows XP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7174
I've closed this topic because of another discussion that also presents a solution:
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Erwin Denissen
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Erwin Denissen
- Mon Oct 14, 2002 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Font Discussions
- Topic: Mac conversion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7978
TrueType fonts can be used directly under OSX, but need to be converted for use by earlier Mac operating systems. I know of 3 tools that convert TrueType fonts between Mac and Windows formats, however I've never tried any of them: CrossFont v3.6 for Windows from Acute Systems (US $45.00): http://www...
- Sat Oct 12, 2002 11:35 am
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Font Naming
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12976
Only the small letter o and k have outlines, so Word will show empty glyphs when printing 'Knudsen' in the menu. You should add outlines to all empty glyphs, or even better use a symbol font because of the fact that you are making a signature font. Note: symbol fonts (also known as Dingbats) are use...
- Thu Oct 10, 2002 5:14 am
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Font Naming
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12976
The font probably has wrong mappings or empty glyphs. Can you send the font file to me (erwind@high-logic.com), so I can investigate the problem?
Erwin Denissen
Erwin Denissen
- Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:47 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Installing a font
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11582
A font stores platform dependant information about naming fields (and character mappings but this is not relevant for your problem). All available Platforms should have identical naming fields. For the Microsoft (Unicode or Symbol) Platform these naming entries for English - United States should be ...
- Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:34 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Font corrupt in Windows XP and Windows 2000, works in Win 98
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10847
In a TrueType font each platform has its own language items. For each language the Naming fields can be edited in the Naming window . For the Microsoft (Unicode or Symbol) Platform these naming entries for English - United States should be available: - Font Family Name - Font Subfamily Name - Unique...
- Mon Oct 07, 2002 7:20 pm
- Forum: FontCreator - Support
- Topic: Kerning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8713
The Test Font window doesn't support kerning. To test kerning pairs, you can use the Preview toolbar . You can also install the font and use an application that supports kerning. Another easy way to test kerning pairs is to open the Test Font window . As long as this window is open, you'll be able t...