Need chain printer like font

[Loboyko Steve]

John Allain wrote:

>Is TrueType an open format at all?
>I have been interested in building my own fonts for
decades 
>at this point.
>
>John A.

There were (or are) a few commercial programs with
which to do this. The commercial programs were or are
probably money-losers because no one bought them once
it was clear how difficult this really is to do.
Truetype fonts are not bitmapped, they are
mathematically described from curves. Worse, there are
"hints" involved - in kerning and in sizing (the
"hole" in a 4 point 'a' is proporionately much larger
than the 20 point version, for example). Writing as
someone who actually made a font in Fontographer (I
did a Cyrillic font), it takes a combination of
artistic talent, attention to detail, and a great deal
of work. I did fairly well, considering I had a
considerable lack of artistic talent.



-Steve Loboyko


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