A "handwritten" Eorzean font variation

[Vanguard319]

how do you make a font? I'm familiar with the various font formats from typography, but I don't recall the course ever covering how to create one.

[Myranda]

how do you make a font? I'm familiar with the various font formats from typography, but I don't recall the course ever covering how to create one.

I used the program FontCreator to do it, basically just copy/pasting the objects (letters) from my Illustrator EPS file into the program and then resizing by eye. This tutorial gives the basic idea http://www.myfirstfont.com/, only difference being I just drew on the computer with a tablet instead of printing and scanning. I'm sure other font creating programs out there work similarly. Without the programs I'd have no idea how it's done in detail: I'm content to just make the pretty and let it sort out where in the Unicode/Windows/Mac code-points to assign the characters to appear.

Other than that, I was winging it, just seeing what various commands in the program do and using generous amounts of the undo button when the result sucked. I've never taken a typography class, I'm not a graphic designer, nor have I ever had any sort of art training. My degree is actually in Physics, I just have very wide interests... :P

Most of the minor things I mentioned wanting to tweak are a result of this, where I'd learn something new about it but I'm past the point where it would be easiest to implement so I just didn't bother to do it.

[SkyeWindbinder]

I still dont know how to get this font to work in MS Word or Photoshop.

[Zehira]

I still dont know how to get this font to work in MS Word or Photoshop.

Right click the font file to install into the Windows' fonts folder. Restart Photoshop (if already opened) it will load up all fonts.

[Lucke]

Any idea if it's compatible with OpenOffice? I plopped it down with my other fonts, but can't find the darn thing when I load up OpenOffice.

[Zehira]

Any idea if it's compatible with OpenOffice? I plopped it down with my other fonts, but can't find the darn thing when I load up OpenOffice.

You have to restart OpenOffice.

http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum...p?f=30&t=56302

[Lucke]

I did that. I placed the Eorzean font with the others in the Control Panel >>> Appearance >>> Fonts. It's in the folder, but I still can't find it.

[Zehira]

I did that. I placed the Eorzean font with the others in the Control Panel >>> Appearance >>> Fonts. It's in the folder, but I still can't find it.

If you are certain that you have put the font file into the fonts folder and have restarted OpenOffice but still unable to load it? Hmm... It doesn't make sense. What's your OS?

[Lucke]

If you are certain that you have put the font file into the fonts folder and have restarted OpenOffice but still unable to load it? Hmm... It doesn't make sense. What's your OS?

Win 7 Premium

[Zehira]

Win 7 Premium

It can be Windows 7 too.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5876821_add-...en-office.html

If it doesn't solve your problem then let me Google that for you (no offense!) ^___^
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22windows+7%22...+add+new+fonts