Bold and Italic [done]

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Bold and Italic [done]

Post by Erwin Denissen »

Right now all generated fonts are regular fonts, but it might be nice to allow the user to specify the font style.
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Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

Most script fonts are regular, even if they have a steep italic angle.

If you offer an italic option, then what about bold and bold italic?
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Post by metalfoot »

I would say to leave the whole bold/italic thing out, IMO, and use that as a selling feature for users to add the FCP to their stable of programs. TO me, this program is, at this point, a simple way to make personalized handwriting/ personal fonts.

I think the analogy would be ScanFont by FontLab, which doesn't even generate fonts on its own, but simply turns the scanned data into a form that FL's programs can recognize. That's a $100 tool which does nothing on its own. This one at least generates usable fonts.
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Re: Bold and Italic

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I'd vote yes but then again I'm planning to only use Scanahand if at all possible....
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Re: Bold and Italic

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We've added this request to the to-do list. If we decide to add this feature, do expect to see it in the Premium Edition only.
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Re: Bold and Italic

Post by mully »

would be a decent reason to upgrade :)
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