From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/51379 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luigi scarso Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: On creating my own fonts Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0644235887==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245424722 29619 80.91.229.12 (19 Jun 2009 15:18:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:18:42 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jun 19 17:18:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MHfrJ-0004oZ-Nx for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:18:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F311FB49; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:18:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04149-05-3; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6E21FA4C; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B46511FA4C for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09914-03-2 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (filter3-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.154]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF9C1FA2B for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com (mail-ew0-f228.google.com [209.85.219.228]) by filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n5JFHQ1x016468 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:26 +0200 Original-Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so2363924ewy.2 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:17:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=fmnOjhEeX6GpsxKxP82iNcft+5LhAcHFamhW0Y85P5s=; b=cMtbgrCB+VJydyWCoqkEm9ullqieQSut3KoHNwQuxa6sntpvMxiFfqMndd1Q4tlJAh pTcyraWV06NcAuzvyeyN1HKfH5Gw18Zj1u4qo6C22d9WYhSX7ncKGNGZhBSndgHNbUIk Uy+YCONl/JXotQt/L3IWUt6Gcvg4cDwxgfu4g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=oB4/ltYYYZr4q20Wy3Pozw3hqbI6tla14OId0WEdZW+JKOUQEk2itQWj6uPhZTIB0U qKJhSkKtjuVXWP8Ykjlmq8nCbP337KwWslncDP/XbyC4+CBAC0eKnopYByFigblXeosf axtvNz6S9u0eZYRV/v8d10Ec0mmpePzfpY2Ls= Original-Received: by 10.216.11.7 with SMTP id 7mr1091884wew.125.1245424646053; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:17:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.219.228; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 246338908 - 8f9dd9aebae5 - 20090619 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:51379 Archived-At: --===============0644235887== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364d1dab9f6036046cb50593 --0016364d1dab9f6036046cb50593 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Maur=C3=AD=C2=ADcio wrote: > I've been doing some searching on how to create my own fonts. If > possible, I would like to be able to write my own program to > at least draw glyphs, even if I have to resort to other tools > to describe hinting, kerning and ligatures. > immo, 1) draw by hand some glyphs, so you have an objective piece of paper of wha= t you want 2) search on Internet for a font that looks like what you (think) to want 3) starting from this font, make some modifications of glyphs that you hav= e drawn with fontforge or metapost With fontforge, you can even make countours from images , and with a bit of hack from MetaFont too. --=20 luigi --0016364d1dab9f6036046cb50593 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Maur=C3= =AD=C2=ADcio <briqueabraque@yahoo.com> wrote:
I've been doing some searching on how to create my own fonts. If
possible, I would like to be able to write my own program to
at least draw glyphs, even if I have to resort to other tools
to describe hinting, kerning and ligatures.
immo,
1) draw by hand some glyphs, so you have an obje= ctive piece of paper of what you want
2) search on Internet for a font t= hat looks like=C2=A0 what you (think) to want
3) starting from this font= ,=C2=A0 make some modifications of glyphs that you have drawn
with fontforge or metapost
With fontforge, you can even mak= e countours from=C2=A0 images=C2=A0 , and with a bit of hack from MetaFont = too.

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luigi

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