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Originally Posted by tERROR
i'd like to oppose to this idea - i don't want to sound rude, but from my point of view creating a tool to draw 20x20 pixel big letters is a total waste of time.
typology is a very sensitive area, and you can't expect anyone that know's nothing about this to come up with a good font. additionally there are plenty of good fonts out there, that where made by ppl that really know what they are doing.
if you agree with me, that the available fonts will be supperior to those created without a masterplan by clicking on some squares, than you'll also have to see, that changing a font that doesn't quite match the meizus 16x16/20x20 in a graphic programm (PSD, Gimp) will be much easier than trying to recreate it by rather ancient technology.
btw: there is already a tool coming with windows, that allows to create fonts in the "square-clicking" manner you described - it's called paint :D
ps: if you don't believe me - just try to create a simple font from scratch  |
Anyone good at calligraphy could easily do it. I once created some fonts for a promotional campaign for a television station. They wanted a particular font loaded into the Chyron, which in 1983, the choice of fonts was limited to about 9. I purchased a set of dry transfers about 1 inch tall, and digitized (1 bit mode) each one of them from a broadcast quality video camera, and cleaned up each character by hand. It was quite an intensive project, and having never done it before, it worked beautifully! Oh, and I was a senior in high school when I did this.
So, I surmise that ANYONE, while paying careful attention to detail, can create a font. It certainly is NOT rocket science.