Convert .bmp -> .ttf ??

[Mr. Dumped, Esq.]

Hi all...

Is there a super simple progrm that can enable me to convert a simple
black/white .bmp picture into a .ttf ??

The reason I want to do this is because I notice that the wingding type
fonts always print better... plus.. it enables me to incororate them into a
variety of different text programs easily.

Any help would be enormously apprecited.


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[burnr]

Hi all...

Is there a super simple progrm that can enable me to convert a simple
black/white .bmp picture into a .ttf ??

The reason I want to do this is because I notice that the wingding
type fonts always print better... plus.. it enables me to incororate
them into a variety of different text programs easily.

Any help would be enormously apprecited.

Irfanview works great for that and lots more. Just open the .bmp and
*save as* .tif
http://www.irfanview.com/

 

[William F. Adams]

burnr said:

Irfanview works great for that and lots more. Just open the .bmp and
*save as* .tif

Look at the subject again.

..ttf == TrueType Font

The only tools suitable for this directly are commercial, FontLab's ScanFont
&c.

If you're willing to redraw things you could install Cygwin (in Windows, or use
Linux and X Window or Mac OS X w/ X11.app) and use FontForge, but it's not an
automatic tracing of a scan.

William

 

[Jem Berkes]

Is there a super simple progrm that can enable me to convert a simple

black/white .bmp picture into a .ttf ??

The reason I want to do this is because I notice that the wingding
type fonts always print better... plus.. it enables me to incororate
them into a variety of different text programs easily.

Any help would be enormously apprecited.

Irfanview!

If the file is only two colors, save it as TIF but click Options and select
CCITT Fax 4 mode. This saves incredibly small black/white images. If the
file is actually a greyscale rather than 2-colors, you might want to save
it as a PNG instead for best widespread use.

 

[Chaos Master]

Jem Berkes is, and always will be:

If the file is only two colors, save it as TIF but click Options and select
CCITT Fax 4 mode. This saves incredibly small black/white images. If the
file is actually a greyscale rather than 2-colors, you might want to save
it as a PNG instead for best widespread use.

He said *.ttf* (TrueType font) -- not *.tif* (.TIF image)

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[Jem Berkes]

If the file is only two colors, save it as TIF but click Options and

He said *.ttf* (TrueType font) -- not *.tif* (.TIF image)

Wow, I misread that one.

In that case, this is not just an issue of "converting" a bitmap to a
TrueType font. The TrueType fonts are scalable, so they're more than just
an image - they include rules on how they would change scale.