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Re: [fontographer] The ease and beauty of drawing in Fontographer

I've got FontLab--it's great, but Fontographer doesn't
really exist, right? So there won't be improvements to
that software--I thought that was the email's list of
things needed (like making OpenType).

--- Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:

> On 14 Jan 2009, at 14:40, Fox Creek Printing wrote:
> > Fontographer is gone. FontLab ate it up.
> >
> Not at all true! FontLab bought it. And they've made
> an update
> available (for Mac anyway) and I use it all the
> time. I agree with
> Gary... Fontographer's drawing tools are excellent.
>
> I also use FontLab, to process the fonts, and
> sometimes for minor
> kinds of editing. But for major drawing,
> Fontographer's my mainstay.
>
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
>
>


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I haven't used Fontographer in years but yesterday I opened an old font file in Fontographer 4 in Classic and did some drawing. Compared to illustrator and...
grylonergan
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Jan 14, 2009
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Fontographer is gone. FontLab ate it up. ... p: 864-233-8646 www.foxcreekprinting.com...
Fox Creek Printing
dyegang
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Jan 14, 2009
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... Not at all true! FontLab bought it. And they've made an update available (for Mac anyway) and I use it all the time. I agree with Gary... Fontographer's...
Michael Everson
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Jan 14, 2009
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I've got FontLab--it's great, but Fontographer doesn't really exist, right? So there won't be improvements to that software--I thought that was the email's...
Fox Creek Printing
dyegang
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Jan 14, 2009
4:42 pm

I spoke yesterday with Gerry Leonidis whos runs the Type Design course at Reading University for the last 10 years. His pupils first use pencil and paper for...
grylonergan
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Jan 15, 2009
12:03 pm

I work exactly the same way! I don't think I could draw in fontlab if my life depended on it. That program is a nightmare. Would be nice if the fontlab guys...
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