Re: Bug#156503: microsoft changed its policy, msttcorefonts broken
Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> writes:
>> Do we really need a font author? How about just starting a project and
>> learning how to make our own tt fonts?
>
> A good font is a work of art. Your suggestion can be paraphrased, "how
> about just starting a project and learning how to make our own sistine
> chapel?" You can certainly learn the mechanics, but to make a truely
> good font you need a talent for making fonts.
You won't find out if there's good enough talent hiding inside you
until you try and learn and try again. The first glyphs you'll do (or
the first fonts, ftm) will be total crap. But you certainly won't
produce a fine font if you give up before trying.
Jan.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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