I have been an avid Fontographer user from its beginnings at Altsys in 1985. Yes, twenty years I have relied on Fontographer! No one was happier then I was to...
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fontmeister1
Dec 29, 2005 4:04 pm
Michael, It has always been a pleasure working with you on FOG issues from time to time over the years. I look forward to this becoming a great resource for...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 6, 2006 6:29 pm
Glad to hear from you, Jimmy. We've had another member join too, just now. That makes four of us. A modest start. I'll check the FontLab site now to see if...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 6, 2006 6:31 pm
Rickey Stein just joined. He said "I have used Fontographer since its beginnings and was also glad to learn that FontLab has taken it over. .Looking forward to...
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kathleen_tinkel
Jan 6, 2006 8:46 pm
I have been using FOG for a long time, but only a few years ago got down to working on my own typefaces. Then along came OS X and I got frustrated, and bought...
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johnroshell
Jan 6, 2006 10:51 pm
Yes, my wife and children would be upset to hear it, but I love this program. I've been using it since 1992 to create fonts, primarily for the purpose of...
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johnroshell
Jan 6, 2006 10:54 pm
I have noticed one glitchy area in FOG for OSX -- the Metrics window. The period character cannot be typed into the window, and it also won't let me copy and...
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rickey456@...
rickey456
Jan 7, 2006 1:16 am
I really haven't been following what's happening with FL's acquisition of FOG. Have they done anything yet or what are their plans. I have not been able to...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 7, 2006 4:01 pm
FontLab has ported the Fontographer for use on modern systems: * Fontographer 4.1.5 for Windows: Any Pentium-class computer with 16 MB RAM and a hard drive,...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 7, 2006 7:44 pm
This has been fixed in the Mac update 4.7.1, which is available free if you own 4.7. Apparently Fontographer 4.7 is not available for Windows yet; it looks to...
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Robert Schenk
Robert_Schenk
Jan 10, 2006 9:35 pm
I have not used the new OS-X version of Fontographer much yet--it has some problems that have kept me on the old classic version. The most important one for...
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Jimmy Gallagher
fontmeister1
Jan 10, 2006 9:47 pm
Robert, As the lead tester on FOG -I had reported all of the things you mentioned and they are resolved in 4.7.2. Regards, Jimmy G. Der FontMeister FontLab...
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Kristin.Dooley
kristindooley
Jan 10, 2006 9:52 pm
Which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: "I have learned from my mistakes and can repeat them exactly!" I am using the...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 10, 2006 10:12 pm
... 4.7.2 is not yet released. -- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 10, 2006 10:13 pm
... I have not retired my Classic version either; I need it for some things. ... The change of the command-keys is an utter disaster. THe LAST thing I want is...
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Robert_Schenk
Jan 11, 2006 10:07 pm
I asked for the revision to 4.7.1 and they gave me 4.7.2, so they must be almost ready for that version. I inadvertently crashed it. I selected all my...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 11, 2006 11:11 pm
... It wasn't free, though it was cheap. It's called Style Merger. -- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com...
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fontmeister1
Jan 12, 2006 5:14 pm
... I think Stylemerger was sold during the AltSys days but from 1995 on it has been free. I'm working on getting it posted on fontlab.com but it is still...
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rickey456@...
rickey456
Jan 13, 2006 5:28 am
Is this a Windoze or MAC version??? Rickey Stein...
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patherto
Jan 13, 2006 3:38 pm
... Future/#win ... I would warn against Style Merger. What it does is to convert italic, bold, etc. To *styles* of the base type. Many, many services and...
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ahmedsafwat44
Jan 14, 2006 2:54 am
Hello and happy new year for all as you require to mention something about my self here a few about me Font Design I'd created many new typefaces (Fonts) in...
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ahmedsafwat44
Jan 14, 2006 3:20 am
I woul d like to mention that the link to my page belong to groups.msn.com so it will be SafwatGraphic@......
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Robert_Schenk
Jan 14, 2006 9:32 pm
... It is for Mac, and is now listed on the fontlab site. R Schenk...
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johnroshell
Jan 18, 2006 8:17 pm
... Yes, that seems to have done it! But here's a new one -- whenever I save, it makes I really loud, electronic "beeeeyooop" sound. That happening to anyone...
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fontographer@yahoogro...
Jan 18, 2006 10:09 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the fontographer group. File :...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 18, 2006 10:20 pm
... Ah! Yes! Fontographer comes with cute sounds that entertain you and let you know when certain actions are completed. Years and years ago I found the...
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johnroshell
Jan 19, 2006 3:11 am
Thanks for the tip! Even better, I just renamed the file, relaunched FOG, and they're gone. Ahhhhh, much better. John...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 19, 2006 10:17 am
... Friendly sounds. If I remember they came from a game I used to play in 1990. I have no idea which game it was. "Scarab of Ra" is one game that I remember....
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kazclawd
Jan 24, 2006 4:10 pm
Can anyone advise, please? I'm currently using an old version of FOG 4.0 on a classic Mac running 8.0. Is there a way to make changes to a font without going...
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Michael Everson
evertype
Jan 24, 2006 6:28 pm
... Just to note... this list is really for the new incarnation of Fog. But I won't ban discussion of any Fog-related quesstions. ... Not to my knowledge. Not...
