FontForge 20040425 (Linux)

[Gordon Darling]

FontForge 20040425 (Linux)

A font editor for TrueType and PostScript fonts.

About:
FontForge is an outline font editor that lets you create your own
Postscript, TrueType, OpenType, CID-keyed, multi-master, CFF, SVG, and
bitmap (BDF) fonts, or edit existing ones. It also lets you convert one
format to another, and has support for many Macintosh font formats.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: BSD License (original)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontforge/

Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net
Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/fontforge/32984/url_tgz/fontforge_full-20040425.tgz

Regards
Gordon

 

[John Corliss]

FontForge 20040425 (Linux)

A font editor for TrueType and PostScript fonts.

About:
FontForge is an outline font editor that lets you create your own
Postscript, TrueType, OpenType, CID-keyed, multi-master, CFF, SVG, and
bitmap (BDF) fonts, or edit existing ones. It also lets you convert one
format to another, and has support for many Macintosh font formats.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: BSD License (original)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontforge/

Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net
Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/fontforge/32984/url_tgz/fontforge_full-20040425.tgz

Regards
Gordon

DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.

 

[JanC]

DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.

FontForge is The Project Formerly Known As PfaEdit...

(Meaning that it probably still works--more or less--under Cygwin ;-)

 

[Wald]

DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.

The download page has instructions on how to get it running in
Windows. As JanC mentioned, it runs on Cygwin.

Regards,
Wald

 

[John Corliss]

The download page has instructions on how to get it running in
Windows. As JanC mentioned, it runs on Cygwin.

Thanks to you two for the clarification. I've already tried getting it
to work on my system via Cygwin and gave up. Just not worth the
hassle. The wait for a Windows based truetype font editor continues
(at least until I can switch to Linux.)

 

[H-Man]

Thanks to you two for the clarification. I've already tried getting it
to work on my system via Cygwin and gave up. Just not worth the
hassle. The wait for a Windows based truetype font editor continues
(at least until I can switch to Linux.)

John;
I'm trying to get DoubleType working right now. Requires Java, but it
looks okay.
HK

 

[John Corliss]

(snip)
John;
I'm trying to get DoubleType working right now. Requires Java, but it
looks okay.

Fraid I quit using Java thanks to that RedSherrif business.

 

[Roger Hunt]

Fraid I quit using Java thanks to that RedSherrif business.

A new sub-category of freeware is needed - Asceticware.

 

[John Corliss]

A new sub-category of freeware is needed - Asceticware.

Roger, you *do* know what I'm referring to, I hope. Redsherrif is (or
maybe was, since their site is blank) a "data" mining company. They
accomplished their mission by violating their victim's privacy via
using Java to crawl inside a computer.

Besides, I am indeed an ascetic when it comes to freeware. No bones
about it.

 

[Howard]

Roger, you *do* know what I'm referring to, I hope. Redsherrif is (or
maybe was, since their site is blank) a "data" mining company. They
accomplished their mission by violating their victim's privacy via
using Java to crawl inside a computer.

Now a cite on _that_ would be interesting...

 

[Roger Hunt]

Roger, you *do* know what I'm referring to, I hope.

No I didn't! A tracking cookie or something? Oh dear, I'll have to
forego the donkey sites in future. Oh no! It's too late!!

Redsherrif is (or
maybe was, since their site is blank) a "data" mining company. They
accomplished their mission by violating their victim's privacy via
using Java to crawl inside a computer.

I'll do some more reading I think .... after I've made some sense of
Cygwin and FontForge.

Regards

 

[John Corliss]

Now a cite on _that_ would be interesting...

http://www.inluminent.com/weblog/archives/2002/11/06/defeating_tracking_software_redsherrif/
(link may wrap)

The Redsherriff site itself doesn't load anymore and most references
to it are gone from the internet for some reason.

Also, note this little jewel:

http://www.silicon.com/management/itpro/0,39024675,39118399,00.htm

which seems to indicate Sun Microsystem's feelings on privacy.

I don't miss Java at all. Never used a Java program that I found
vital. However, this truetype font editor almost temps me to reinstall
Java, but not enough to do so.