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    From Arnulf Sopp@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 5 04:43:49 2020
    Hi!

    Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer which
    still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest version the program
    froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

    Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable, and
    has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses? Please
    neglect annual subscription solutions.

    Thanks in advance!

    Arnulf Sopp

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  • From Phillip Helbig (undress to reply@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 5 10:34:55 2020
    In article <[email protected]>, Arnulf Sopp <[email protected]> writes:

    Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer which still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest version the program
    froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

    Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable, and
    has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses? Please neglect annual subscription solutions.

    Metafont.

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  • From Me@21:1/5 to Arnulf Sopp on Wed Dec 30 06:07:43 2020
    Arnulf Sopp <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    Hi!

    Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer
    which still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest
    version the program froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

    Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable,
    and has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses?
    Please neglect annual subscription solutions.

    Thanks in advance!

    Arnulf Sopp


    FontForge is good and free. Open source but have a higher learning
    curve. Once you get yourself familiarized with it, it is a good editor. https://fontforge.org/

    TypeTool from Fontlab. It is not as pricey as Fontlab and you can give
    it a spin for free for 30 days
    https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/typetool/

    There are many free and low cost font editors but if you used
    Fontographer regularly before, I am sure that you will find those
    editors meant for beginners lacking in functionality.


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  • From Arnulf Sopp@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 31 01:00:58 2020
    Am Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:07:43 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Me:

    FontForge is good and free. Open source but have a higher learning
    curve. Once you get yourself familiarized with it, it is a good editor. https://fontforge.org/

    I already have it on my harddisk but it takes quite a while to browse to a
    font file to work on. And if you choose "Save to ..." you start browsing
    again. But it's functionality is quite impressive.

    TypeTool from Fontlab. It is not as pricey as Fontlab and you can give
    it a spin for free for 30 days
    https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/typetool/

    I'll try it out. But most probably I won't buy it because a purchase on an annual subscription base is mere exploitation on the long run.

    Thank you very much!

    Arnulf

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