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Font design is tedious
A warning: font design is an art. Don’t expect to turn out professional- lookingfonts in a few hours.
Sometimes,though,youhaveto buildyourowntypeface,evenif youdon’t work with a companyin the
Because defining your own typeface is so tedious, make sure you’ve checked out as many downloadablefonts as you can find from font developmentcompanies.
The next handiestway to do the job is to ask around,maybe where you boughtyourLaserPrinter8, to see if youcan get one of the
Even with aids like these,buildinga customfont is an intricateprocess.It calls for the creationof a familyof up to 200 characterssharinga common designand proportionalscheme,and that’sjust for onc type size. No mean feat. ‘
How to download your own fonts
Charactersthat you define and store yourself are called
The processof downloadinga font you’vedesignedyourselfis somewhat detailed.To downloadyour font,you followthe followingsteps:
1)assigna font ID numberto your font,
2)downloada font header,
3)identifythe positionof each characterto be downloaded,
4)senda characterdescriptorand bit map for each character,
5)specifywhetherthe file is to be permanentor temporary.
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