true-type-fonts

Create a bmp of a string using a TTF file using C?

Hi, I have a new project assigned to me today. I need to load a TTF file and then write the specified string to a bitmap using that font. However, I do not have much information about the TTF structure. Is there any library specifically for this job? ...

How to Create Subset Fonts in .NET?

I have a Silverlight application that I need to embed some less-than-common fonts in. It's simple enough for me to just copy over the TTF/OTF and compile that with my app. However, in many cases, only like 5-10 of the characters are actually used. In other cases, some font files are incredibly large (Arial Unicode MS Regular is 22.1 MB, ...

How do I install a customized font in system?? and copy to word pad??

I have designed a special character. what I want is I need to install to windows system. First I want to assign that character to a keyboard. then when I copy this font from a word processor to word pad it should be visible. I have modified glyph of an existing font and replaced "^" character to my new design. Right now I have assigned...

Font-family selection for a web app

I have an existing web app, which has been coded and tested against Windows XP+, IE and Firefox. I am using the following font-family : Segoe UI, Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; Our customers like Segoe UI on Windows, but we find that the typefaces degrade poorly on MacOSX, and mobile devices, as well as if ClearType is not enabled. ...

tcpdf font ligatures (English) ?

How do you generate ligatures in PHP tcpdf? ...

True Type Courier font

Is there a True Type version of the good ol' Courier (not Courier New!) font? AFAIK, VS 2010 doesn't support non-tt fonts anymore, but Courier New (and Consolas) is just not what I want to see every day. ...

How can I extract embedded fonts from a PDF as valid font files?

I'm aware of the pdftk.exe utility that can indicate which fonts are used by a PDF, and wether they are embedded or not. Now the problem: given I had PDF files with embedded fonts -- how can I extract those fonts in a way that they are re-usable as regular font files? Are there (preferably free) tools which can do that? Also: can this b...

SDL + SDL_TTF: How do you render text in SDL+SDL_TTF? (C++)

I've been having a lot of trouble trying to render text in SDL with TTF to an SDL window. I'm a little new to C++ and would like this explained in a bit of a 'newbie' way. (with some example code, if possible?) Thanks! ...

How to convert a bitmap font (.FON) into a truetype font (.TTF)?

Hello, My program (win32, Delphi) needs to display special chars in some columns of a table. To do that I use a special font for those columns. I got the font from my client. It is a .FON font. It works good on the screen but I often get problems as soon as I want to use it to print something. I would like to convert this .FON font int...

MacOS X TrueType fonts with X11

Is there a simple way to install TTF fonts on macos X so that they work with X11 (and Gimp) ? ...

How can I convert TTF glyphs to .png files on the Mac for free?

How can I convert TTF glyphs to .png files on the Mac for free? If there's some way to do this programmatically within a program, that would work too. ...

[iphone sdk] UIButton with a ttf font

Is it possible to use UIButtons with my own true type font? I found the FontLabel open source that can use ttf with UILabels, but unfortunately I can't set my UIButton's titleLabel to a created FontLabel. Can someone offer a simple solution to this? Or should I just not be using UIButtons altogether and instead use something else? I ...

How to manage custom fonts in web application (system.drawing)

I have an application that writes text onto images using system.drawing (C#). I am using specific fonts to do this. Since I can't rely on my shared hosting servers to have all the custom fonts I may need (and since the list of fonts is likely to grow), how can I manage the fonts used for my application? Could I include .ttf files in m...

Getting the font file Name/Location in FontDialog C#

Hello, What i need to do is have the font file name (not Font Family name) after selecting a font in the FontDialog, so that if i selected "Harlow Solid Semi" from the Dialog, i need to get the file name, which is "HARLOWSI.TTF" so is it possible ? if not using the fontDialog, can it be done other way ? Note: i need the user to see a sa...

Generate TTF via image(s) using PHP?

Are there existing libraries for generating .ttf via image(s) using PHP (say, a series of images)? There are several references about creating gdf from images, but I've not yet found examples of ttf-font creation via PHP. N.B. There are also several online resources that let you upload an image (write a letter in each box on an image te...

what sizes are valid for true type fonts?

I am trying to use true type fonts, but finding that when I load different ones, some do not display at various font sizes while others do. It seems, although I am not certain, that some simply do not show below a certain font size. Is there any way to easily tell what sizes are valid for a ttf by examining the file and not simply tryi...

Amend space between lines of characters typed using a bit map font file

Hi, I have a bitmap font file that I use as a custom font. Is it possible to amend the line spacing of this font file ? Thanks ...