FontForge 20040425 (Linux)

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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
 
Gordon said:
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
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DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.
 
DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.
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FontForge is The Project Formerly Known As PfaEdit...

(Meaning that it probably still works--more or less--under Cygwin ;-)
 
John Corliss said:
DAMN! I wish somebody'd port this to Windows.
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The download page has instructions on how to get it running in
Windows. As JanC mentioned, it runs on Cygwin.

Regards,
Wald
 
Wald said:
The download page has instructions on how to get it running in
Windows. As JanC mentioned, it runs on Cygwin.
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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 Corliss said:
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.)
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John;
I'm trying to get DoubleType working right now. Requires Java, but it
looks okay.
HK
 
H-Man said:
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John;
I'm trying to get DoubleType working right now. Requires Java, but it
looks okay.
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Fraid I quit using Java thanks to that RedSherrif business.
 
Roger said:
A new sub-category of freeware is needed - Asceticware. :-)
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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.
 
John said:
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.
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Now a cite on _that_ would be interesting...
 
John Corliss said:
Roger, you *do* know what I'm referring to, I hope.
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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.
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I'll do some more reading I think .... after I've made some sense of
Cygwin and FontForge.

Regards
 
Howard said:
Now a cite on _that_ would be interesting...
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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.
 
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