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Sash_EX
Sash_EX
Participant
September 30, 2017
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Creating a universal font document (.otf .ttf) with CC?

  • September 30, 2017
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I love Photoshop. ive done some powerful things with it like 3d .gif and all sorts.. so I'm assuming this should be easily possible. can someone please point me in the right direction? do I need to download a plugin? when searching online I get drowned out by standard tutorials on how to add font to an image but cannot find this specifically.

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Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
September 30, 2017

A font is a font. You need dedicated software to create it. This has nothing to do with Photoshop at all. You draw out basic contours in a vector graphics program and then finetune the properties like kerning in tools like FontStudio or whatever tool you use.

Mylenium

Sash_EX
Sash_EXAuthor
Participant
September 30, 2017

it just seems like it wouldn't be that hard for photoshop to convert an image into a glyph considering I can define brushtips and patterns... is there an adobe vector program or will I need to outsource?

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
September 30, 2017

forgive me for making an assumption. I mean why should ps have a 3d aspect considering its called *Photoshop*

or why does it and why can you build .gif in  *Photoshop*

thanks for your time.


PS is about creating pixels and as such having 3D features are a means to an end e.g. for creating 3D rendered text. However, PS isn't advertised as a tool for creating refined 3D models that can be used in other programs and therein lies the analogy to your request - PS may be able to create some sort of user-generated typefaces and I'm sure the upcoming "variable font" features will expand on that, but per se it's not a tool to create refined fonts to be used elsewhere. If this feature contains some way to export these remixed fonts to their own OTF/ TTF files, then lucky for you and your wish has been granted, but otherwise the whole notion of using PS for font design remains strange to me, considering that even creating the contours is the lesser part of the equation and good fonts take a bloody lot of work to get kerning, alternate glyphs and al lthe advanced features right, for which other tools simply are a lot more qualified.

Mylenium

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