Re: [QUESTION] How to make a font?

Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
>I decided to create a script for Askaic (problably to be used for Hattic as
>well), that looks a bit like Cyrillic but is quite different at the same
time.
>I can handle it fairly well with the help of Unicode, but still... some
things
>just don't look the way I want them to look.
>So, since quite a few of you have created both beautiful conscripts and
fonts
>for them, I guess I may take the liberty to ask you how you did it.
>
You could take a look at Font Creator Program from high-logic.com, which is
free for 30 days, and not expensive if you choose to register (US$20-30
IIRC).  I think it is Windows-only (unless they've changed it).   If your
font is basically Cyrillic, but with some modifications, it should be quite
simple to copy a Cyrillic font, then make the necessary changes. ("Simple"
of course is a relative term, for those of us who are computer-challenged.)

(A related problem I've never quite understood-- my computer has various
Cyrillic and Greek fonts available, but I find it odd that typing "a" does
not bring up Gk. or Cyr. alpha/a etc. )