Re: Software for writing in a conscript

From: "Henrik Theiling" <theiling@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:43 PM

> You could also use Fontforge to edit font files, it is a
> graphical tool -- Metafont and Metapost use text input.
> Fontforge allows you to export the font files (SFD files,
> IIRC) to TTF, so then you can probably use it in Word
> (I have never used it, but TTFs are quite general).
Get it. It's very good and free of charge. To run FontForge
under Windows you must have Cygwin installed, of course with
all the necessary X-server packages you need to produce a
GUI. You may also want to get Autotrace, with which you can
trace bitmap files directly in FF so as to vectorize them.
FF can handle both TrueType/OpenType and PostScript Fonts
among others.

Unfortunately I have not been able yet to produce a working
Tahano Nuhikamu font due to technical limitations. Nobody
cares for us con-scripters' needs. :-(

Yours,
Carsten

--
"Miranayam kepauarà naranoaris." (Kalvin nay Hobbes)
Venena, Sirpang 15, 2316 ya 23:06:30 pd

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