Font Editor

rpgdemon · 07-31-2012, 11:30 PM

Hey, does anyone know of a good program for editing fonts? I've found a public domain font that I want to modify slightly (I don't like the numerals), but I need to know how.

rpgdemon · 07-31-2012, 11:43 PM

Typelight. In case anyone wants to know.

http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html

Aldurin · 08-01-2012, 01:18 AM

Wait, did you just answer your own OP? I was just gonna suggest finding a way to open the font in GIMP or Photoshop to edit it since I know jack about font-specific stuff.

A Zarkin' Frood · 08-01-2012, 01:35 AM

He must have found out about this google thing the kids have been talking about lately.

JustPlainGirl · 08-01-2012, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

Typelight. In case anyone wants to know.

http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html

Thanks for linking it! I was genuinely curious if there were any options other than Adobe Illustrator after you posted.

rpgdemon · 08-01-2012, 02:03 AM

Yep! Incidentally, I also discovered there's a long and poorly documented process to get Inkscape (An open source vector editor) to work as a font editor (It can export to svg fonts which almost nothing (Inkscape included!) uses, which you then have to convert to truetype or opentype fonts), but it seems really inconvenient and a huge hassle.

If I were doing a lot more work on fonts, I might actually use the Inkscape method, just because the tools available in Typelight aren't stellar, and it can't import vectors from other programs, but for a few tweaks on numbers, and bringing down the leading, it was fine.

07-31-2012, 11:30 PM	#1
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Font Editor Hey, does anyone know of a good program for editing fonts? I've found a public domain font that I want to modify slightly (I don't like the numerals), but I need to know how. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

07-31-2012, 11:43 PM	#2
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Typelight. In case anyone wants to know. http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

08-01-2012, 01:35 AM	#4
A Zarkin' Frood formerly known as Prince. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Right here, with you >:) Posts: 2,395	He must have found out about this google thing the kids have been talking about lately. __________________ >:( C-:

08-01-2012, 02:03 AM	#6
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Yep! Incidentally, I also discovered there's a long and poorly documented process to get Inkscape (An open source vector editor) to work as a font editor (It can export to svg fonts which almost nothing (Inkscape included!) uses, which you then have to convert to truetype or opentype fonts), but it seems really inconvenient and a huge hassle. If I were doing a lot more work on fonts, I might actually use the Inkscape method, just because the tools available in Typelight aren't stellar, and it can't import vectors from other programs, but for a few tweaks on numbers, and bringing down the leading, it was fine. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

08-01-2012, 01:18 AM	#3
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Wait, did you just answer your own OP? I was just gonna suggest finding a way to open the font in GIMP or Photoshop to edit it since I know jack about font-specific stuff.