So, scaling through calculations makes it possible for the computer to reproduce each glyph in whatever size you want, without any loss in its form and quality. Instead of a set of pixels, each glyph use Bezier curves* which draw instructions and mathematical formulas to describe each glyph. I highly recommend you check out Paul Irish's Bulletproof implementation for more details but here it is in a nutshell.So, Bitmap is a raster-based format, while all the other fonts use vector graphics. You should now have two files: an EOT and an OFT or TTF. You can use the TTF2EOT command line tool or use an online tool ( or an alternative) that can do the conversion for you (I use the online tool). That's a file with an EOT extension and the format that Internet Explorer needs. Once you have completed the conversion, you need to convert the TrueType font into an Embedded OpenType format. The first item is your font name, the second item is your font style and finally, the fourth item is the font name and font style separated by a hyphen. Then choose the first, second and fourth items from the list. Make sure to always select 'English (US)' as the language. You'll need to create 3 new items, in fact. The first step is to delete any of the existing properties on this screen. From there, choose TTF Names from the left side. Go to the Element menu and select Font Info. It didn't with any of the fonts I was trying to work with, though.Īfter finding an article that discussed some additional properties that need to be defined, I realized that FontForge can be used to define those settings. You may think that a TTF2EOT conversion should work and it may. Now, you might think you can go ahead and take that TTF and run it through a program like WEFT, Microsoft's ancient Windows-only TTF to EOT conversion application. You may need to install X11 in advance of installing FontForge but it's been awhile since I installed it and I honestly can't remember if or how I did.įrom within FontForge, you can open up an OTF or TTF file, make any changes and then generate a font in the format of your choice. There's a command line version but I highly recommend getting the full-blown desktop app-if only because that's what I did! There are pre-built packages already done for the Mac. FontForge is an open source font editing and conversion application. The assumption here is that you are on a Mac (as I am) but I believe these tools work the same on PC.įirst up is FontForge. There are a number of pieces to the puzzle but in the end, I got something to work. However, it took much trial and error to figure out exactly how to get there. Well, they should be if you happen to be using the latest version of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer. In case you hadn't noticed the lovely titles on this page, they're League Gothic.

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