Hi,
I have just downloaded a trial of the Font Creator 5.5. I am following the manual instructin, but when I open the Glyph Overview Window the only thing in there is a square in the first box.
Can you tell me how to view the fonts.
Thankyou
Mollychels
What you should see is what is shown on page 7 of the manual, a square box in the first glyph and blue outlines of letters in fifth glyph (!) onwards. If you don’t see any blue glyph outlines, maybe you don’t have the default font installed or perhaps you have inadvertantly turned off that option. Go to Tools, Options, Overview, and check that “Show sample in empty glyphs” is checked. If the box below that, “Font used by samples:” is empty, then select an installed font from the drop down list.
Then you’re ready to start drawing the glyphs for your own font (as shown on pages 8 and 9), or to import scans of glyphs that you have already drawn on paper (page 100 of the manual).
Best to keep the same topic in one thread so that people can see what went before. You can delete the other post if no one has replied to it yet.
The next step is to draw the glyphs as shown on pages 8 and 9 of the manual. When you open the glyph edit window it is empty because you haven’t drawn anything yet. The blue outline from the font used for the overview does not exist in your new font.
Either you have to draw each glyph in FontCreator, or draw them on paper, scan the image, and import a scanned outline of each letter into the appropriate glyph edit window by using import image (explained on p100).
Either you have to draw each glyph in FontCreator, or draw them on paper, scan the image, and import a scanned outline of each letter into the appropriate glyph edit window by using import image (explained on p100).
Or, you could draw each in a program such as Microsoft Paint and save as a .bmp file and then import the .bmp file into the FontCreator program. FontCreator does not know from where the .bmp file arrived. This can be a useful way to proceed for someone who does not have ready access to a scanner.
Or, you could draw each in a vector graphics program and save as a .wmf file and then import the .wmf file into the FontCreator program.
I like drawing directly in FontCreator because it gives precision. I mostly use that method, though I am not saying anything against the other methods, all have their uses.
One of my fonts drawn directly into FontCreator is as follows.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/10000.TTF
If you so choose, you are welcome to save a copy to your local disc and then open the font in FontCreator and have a look at it.
William Overington
6 July 2007