Hello, I am new here. I have a question for experienced users of FontCreator. I have a font that has regular full lines in letters and I want to make the exact dotted font from these letters. Is there any option that can transform full lines into dotted lines? I need this to for a project that aims to teach children in a preschool group how to write proper capital letters.
There are many free dotted fonts but I would like to convert this one into dots because it fits my purpose.
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Transforming a fully-lined font to a dotted line font
Re: Transforming a fully-lined font to a dotted line font
I haven't tried this, but I imagine that if you type a set of characters in a vector drawing program and convert the text to curves/strokes, you could then change the line style from solid to dashed/dotted and export the result to PDF or SVG for import into FontCreator.
I presume you're starting with a monoline font, since a font with varying stroke widths wouldn't really be suitable for converting to dotted lines. Which version of FontCreator do you have?
I presume you're starting with a monoline font, since a font with varying stroke widths wouldn't really be suitable for converting to dotted lines. Which version of FontCreator do you have?
Re: Transforming a fully-lined font to a dotted line font
Hi, thanks for your answer. I have FontCreator 5.5.
I am now trying to do it manually, with the help of knife tool. I edit contours and then delete the "sliced" parts manually, bit by bit. It is time-consuming and not quite tidy I will try your advice because I would like to have tidy letters in this project.
I am now trying to do it manually, with the help of knife tool. I edit contours and then delete the "sliced" parts manually, bit by bit. It is time-consuming and not quite tidy I will try your advice because I would like to have tidy letters in this project.
-
- Top Typographer
- Posts: 9878
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:28 am
- Location: Seven Kings, London UK
- Contact:
Re: Transforming a fully-lined font to a dotted line font
This version is very old now. It lacks features like import of vectors, and the free draw tool.Maneg wrote:Hi, thanks for your answer. I have FontCreator 5.5.
If you're currently using FontCreator Home Edition, the upgrade to the latest FontCreator 10 Home Edition is $39. If you're using the Pro Edition the upgrade price is $99.
Re: Transforming a fully-lined font to a dotted line font
Thank you for this info, I will try to negotiate some upgrades .Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:This version is very old now. It lacks features like import of vectors, and the free draw tool.Maneg wrote:Hi, thanks for your answer. I have FontCreator 5.5.
If you're currently using FontCreator Home Edition, the upgrade to the latest FontCreator 10 Home Edition is $39. If you're using the Pro Edition the upgrade price is $99.
Kind regards