Maybe I should just stop worrying about the software and finish the two fonts I'm working on first. Then again, I could get FontLab for only $50 more. Maybe Fontographer is what I should be using. TypeTool seems workable but it also feels like underkill. I'm probably never going to be a huge foundry, so something like FontLab Studio (or Robofont or some of the other options) is probably overkill for me. Is that bad? Fontographer 5.2 imports from Illustrator. Do I need over 65k glyphs? Probably not but do I want to not have the option if I do? TypeTool and FontLab both generate OpenType TT fonts natively Fontographer apparently needs to go through some conversion process. It'll probably be a pain, but my familiarity with Illustrator meant it would be more likely that the fonts would be completed if I did the work in TypeTool.Īnyway, while trying to troubleshooting a kerning issue (fine on Mac, screwy on Windows), I looked at software options again. A Balanced Breakfast tutorial Character palette, 10 duplicating the background layer in the, 1112 Flag tool, 11 Horizontal Type tool, 10 merging the logo. I figured I would create them in Illustrator then import them into TypeTool when done. Shameful, I know, but I'm more accustomed to using Illustrator's drawing tools. I've been doing them in Adobe Illustrator. I have two fonts I am currently working on. I'm not sure why I didn't get the Fontographer upgrade, but I think either it didn't have Adobe Illustrator import or it looked like it hadn't been updated in years. I think I have a 4.1 license somewhere, but I think I've only ever used 3.5.Ī few years ago, I bought TypeTool and ScanFont in a bundle. I did my first (and so far only completed) font in Fontographer 3.5. I imagine it's probably a bad idea to ask "Which software should I use?" so I'll talk about my experience (or lack thereof) a bit and some of you might have some recommendations.
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