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Re: Has anyone designed fonts for their language

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 17:31
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 07:18:04AM +0200, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, John-Martin wrote: > > > I have Corel Draw and working on a font for > > my language. If anyone has any experinece in designing > > a script to write their language in or have any good > > pointers I'd appreciate it > > > > Well, the first few fonts I did where with Corel Draw, too. I've even > written a short paper on the process, but in Dutch, unfortunately. Corel > Draw has (or had, this ia ages ago) the problem that it couldn't hint > TrueType fonts, making it next to impossible to use them on-screen.
I keep hearing about things but not knowing what they are, like hinting. Can anyone point out a resource (preferably online) to merely learn the terminology and theory behind fontmaking for me? -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo

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