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Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
Cool! I couldn't install FontForge on my computer :(
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
@winty5 Would it help if you used this? https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge.github.com/blob/master/en-US/downloads/mac.md (do you use a mac?)
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
Yes i use a mac. I'll try that.
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
WOW it worked thanks so much :D
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
It's such a cool program. :)
Comment by TCWhite 26th may 2014
Trying to figure out how to actually make a cool looking font without using FS...
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
@winty5
a) thank jimhv
b) I can't ;)

@TCWhite totally cool (although it doesn't seem like a regular-looking mac app)
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
That's because FF was originally only for Windows-based computers.

For me, creating a cool design was relatively easy, once I figured out what I wanted to do—then again, I am a designer/artist.

Plus, if you guys need help with figuring out kerning and whatnot, you can email me. :)
Comment by TCWhite 26th may 2014
P.S. Tehuti has been updated since you first saw it. I've added more serifs to the lc, and fixed the f more to my liking.
Comment by TCWhite 26th may 2014
@winty5: I can't get it into work.
Comment by opipik 26th may 2014
@TC I can only do a cool letter on a grid :P
P.S. I have improved k and m.
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
I use Win 8.
Comment by opipik 26th may 2014
@opipik: Yeah, I can't help you there. :) I use a Mac as well.

@j4s13: You can start your design—again, if you know what you want to do—by using a free/open source font and altering it. Just search for "public domain fonts"—there are plenty of them.
Comment by TCWhite 26th may 2014
But alter it very!
Comment by opipik 26th may 2014
@TC i'm using original work. (fs first then ff)
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
@TCWhite: What do u mean, thank jimhv?
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
My first creation with FontForge. Its an edited version of the public domain (at least, according to dafont) font Roboto. I called it Robot Killer
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
@winty i think you mean j4s13 ;)
jimhv showed it to me.
EDIT: My gosh! I mad a good letter!
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
@j4s13: Thanks j4s13 (and jimhv) :P
and cool a, but contrast is too high in the midlle stroke, just a suggestion. And a reversed A is an E, and an E without the middle stroke is a C...You could make a whole font out of this!
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
how about now?
and i'll do it an alternative way, thanks though
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
OOO ITS PRETTY :D
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
thx xD
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
How does this weird font look so far?
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
um... not to my taste. but cool
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 26th may 2014
Ok thanks :D
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 26th may 2014
My robot parody font made with FontForge
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 27th may 2014
It's not my taste, but "ALIEN" looks cool. You could have a movie, "ALIEN" and it would look great! ;)
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 27th may 2014
I wish ;)

My new font is based on the mine craft font. I call it mad pixel, but can't really do anything with it because when I try to save it as a .ttf font file the save fails. Strange...

This is it so far...
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 27th may 2014
Didn't have enough room for the rest of the characters.
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 27th may 2014
@j4s13: I used original as well, but was influenced by particular fonts; and, your new 'a' looks better.

@winty: mad pixel is great. :)
Comment by TCWhite 27th may 2014
P.S. The 'Q' and 'g' in Tehuti took me the longest to get right.
Comment by TCWhite 27th may 2014
Thanks TCWhite! I finally got to download it (I did export to OTF intstead of TTF
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 27th may 2014
working on c
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 27th may 2014
Nice! This will be a great serif font! :)
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 28th may 2014
@winty: there are a few things you need to know about open source and Public domain fonts. 1) an open source font requires that if you alter it you need to rename it (as you did), but you also need to give credit to the original designer, either in your license or a separate text file with the font.

2) If an open source font was used, your font has to also be open source, unless you only used said font for inspiration.

3) a public domain font is a font that no longer has a copyright, meaning that the designer of said work/works has been dead for over 75 years. Again, if altering said font, your version must still remain open source, or you must design your own.

You can read about open source licensing on SIL international—it's the license that you can attach to your fonts using FontForge.
Comment by TCWhite 1st june 2014
"The 'g' is where most type designers let themselves go." apparently correct:
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 1st june 2014
Ok. I'll just set all my fonts on dafont to public domain.
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 2nd june 2014
@j4s13: really stylish serif you got there :) g's lower bowl is shaped a bit weird, but I know next to
Nothing about ultra legible serif fonts
Sorry for bad spelling, typing on a iPhone and autocorrect hates me :(
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 2nd june 2014
Yeah- I'll get to that later. I can't use my main computer currently.
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 2nd june 2014
Since I have Glyphs Mini, I might try making a serious ultra-legible serif/sans font without FS.
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 13th june 2014
Also in your font, O should be symmetrical. You might want to make the A wider so it won't look weird contrasting with the other letters.
Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 13th june 2014
@winty Fixing.
EDIT: omg fontforge is crazy sometimes. it really frustrates me. off of ff for a while.
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 13th june 2014
Yeah, I've dabbled slightly in vector font making before, I generally prefer FontStruct or actually typing out a font in SVG. That way I can get them more exact.
Comment by truth14ful 12th march 2015
By "typing out a font" i mean actually typing the coordinates for all the points into paths in SVG in ... tags.
Comment by truth14ful 12th march 2015
*facepalm* Can't write tags... nvm
Comment by truth14ful 12th march 2015
I use Glyphs. It has a grid feature that you can turn off, little things like RMX to help you, and a tool that help you to make curves uniform, Fit Curve. (P.S. I actually use 57% as the bottom fit curve to get a nice result always.
Comment by Evie Atarax (j4s13) 12th march 2015

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