| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 16 Jul 2001 at 13:55:16 |
| Subject: | Re: TrueType to Bitmap fonts |
Hello Nuno
On 16-Jul-01, you wrote:
> Hello Richard
>
> On 16-Jul-01, you wrote:
>
>> RS Quick easy question (hopefully)
>> RS
>> RS Is there anyway I can convert a TrueType font to a BitMap font?
>
> I think you need TTFLibrary from the Aminet. This converts TrueType to
> Compugraphic. Then use Intellifont to create bitmap fonts.
Get your facts straight: ttf.library doesn't convert fonts. It simply
decodes and creates the characters required - just like bullet.library
does.
As such, Intellifont is no use at all (or at the very least not recommended)
for creating bitmap fonts for these fonts. What you want is the tool that
comes with ttf.library: BitLine.
> Don't know if there is a more straight-forward way to do this, but at
> least it works.
If anyone wants to set up Truetype fonts on their system, I wrote a
tutorial a while back (nearly a year and a bit now ;) at:
http://www.kittycat.co.uk/computing/webfonts/
It explains how it's all done, including use of BitLine. Although why
you'd want to create bitmaps is something I don't quite understand,
since creating them from the truetype font isn't that much slower
than loading up the bitmap: plus if family and proper algorithmic
styling ever works, the bitmaps will be useless..
Thanks
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