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Lokapoka
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August 13, 2017
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Illustrator FontForge

  • August 13, 2017
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Hi,

I made my first font in Illustrator and now am in the process of getting it to work in FontForge so working with the letter A.

I saved it as an SVG in Illustrator and then opened it in font forge, however in font forge, rather than seeing a single line per single line in Illustrator, I see the letter as an outline of the line seen in Illustrator i.e. if I make the font with a really thick stroke in Illustrator then, I see this translated into FontForge. Any ideas on how to avoid this problem? Is there some setting in Illustrator that I'm not clicking?

Sorry it's a bit of a FontForge question as well.

      Correct answer Lokapoka

      Is it already a compound path?

      Which fill rule did you apply?

      For a font it should be Non-Zero.


      Ah you guys found the problem. It was just the outline, tried filling it in and having a zero border and it now all works!

      Thanks very much! .

      Compound curves... had a look at your video Monika, good intro on the topic, wasn't aware of how vector graphics worked exactly. Still not proficient with this concept but at least I'm aware of it now, thanks for that.

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      Cari Jansen
      Legend
      August 13, 2017

      Have you tried importing them as EPS instead? I've found in the past that worked OK (different font design application though, but it might not do any harm trying ;-) ).

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      ujjwal33414262mub8
      Participant
      November 6, 2023

      hello Adobe have a features. if i make a favorites fonts in one software (illustrator). that fonts can i shows in favorites list in another software (photoshop, or etc..).

      Anubhav M
      Community Manager
      Anubhav MCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      December 15, 2023

      Hello @ujjwal33414262mub8,

      Thanks for reaching out. At this time, this functionality is not available. Would you mind creating a UserVoice (https://adobe.ly/3uYCDzc) for this feature request and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

      Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

       

      Thanks,
      Anubhav

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