Type & Typography

MakeOTF adds "normal" synthetic glyphs to italic fonts too - is this a bug or a feature? (operator "IsItalicStyle" is set to "true") Andreas Seidel

two questions 1. Since the step from 1.4 to 1.5 my old font folder is no more accepted by MakeOTF. It stops compiling the font by the status "Running txlib...". Him - I downloaded the examples and all works fine. So I`d copied my fonts paths into the "Example Font Sources" directory and MakeOTF runs like MakeOTF 1.4 before. But how can I change the path - so MakeOTF will operate from each path my font files stored? 2. How can I apply my vendor ID to the font - of course I can extract the table form the font, can use an hex editor and place it back. But I like to do it with MakeOTF. I have checked the adobe samples and the vendor id is ADBE in the final font. But I haven't find any code in the feature files changing this value. If I compile my own fonts the result is UKWN - unknown. The values from the source pfa and fontinfo file will be ignored by MakeOTF. (I use the Windows SDK) Andreas Seidel

Dear FDK team, I think a utility that assigns the appropriate file/creator types to OTF fonts for use on a Mac would be a great addition to the Mac version of the FDK. Or is it already included? Adam

Hm... Pity I'm not first here... Anyway. I've noticed that you didn't include the font.ps for AGaramondPro or Minion Pro, and cidfont.ps for Kozuka. Kozuka Mincho Pro Acro R and Kozuka Mincho Std R are included in InDesign 2.0 US Trial and InDesign 2.0 CE Trial. In addition, 4 styles of Minion Pro and 4 styles of Myriad Pro are included in InDesign 2.0 CE Trial. Hence, at least one style of the Kozuka font and one style of the Minion Pro font are easily and freely available for evaluation purposes. For that reason, I think it would be very helpful if Adobe included the complete sources for these fonts in the FDK distribution. This would help developers in learning the tool by building the first font from the provided sources. Adam

Welcome to the forum. A couple of people have pointed out that most people are unable to post messages via the newsgroup or on the Web. We're looking into this, and I hope to have this resolved by Monday. To create new threads on the Web interface, you should see an "Add Topic" link. It appears that you *can* currently reply to existing threads. Sorry for the inconvenience. T

Hello - ATM Light 4.1 for Windows has just been posted on the adobe.com web site for free download. If you do not require the font management features that ATM Deluxe supplies, then this is the download you need. Note, the file size is about 12.7 megabytes to accomodate the universal installer. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/atmwin.htm If you are an ATM Deluxe 4.0 user, *do not* download this installer as it is incompatible with ATM Deluxe. ATM Deluxe 4.0 users who wish to upgrade to ATM Deluxe 4.1 must purchase the upgrade available for $29. via . This phone number is for upgrades only and the upgrade package does not include a serial number. Chris Holm, Adobe Systems Inc. Features * Rasterization for Type 1 and PostScript OpenType fonts. * Universal installer automatically installs the proper version of ATM for the version of Windows you are using (Win 95/98; Win NT4; Win 2000). * Downloads available for 12 languages, including Japanese.