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charles  
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 More options Apr 30 2012, 2:52 pm
From: charles <charlesmc...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:52:41 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Apr 30 2012 2:52 pm
Subject: Robofab NoneLab test fails
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Hi there,

   I'm just getting started with Robofab.  I'm trying to use it in
"NoneLab" mode, ie. I don't have FontLab.

   My goal is to figure out how to write a new .ufo file, then convert
it to .ttf.  I'm using robofab, ufo2fdk and the Adobe FDK on OS X.
I'm successfully writing a .ttf file, but OS X's "Font Book" utility
won't open the font, which suggests it is corrupt, incomplete or
otherwise invalid.

   I'm using this script:

https://gist.github.com/2560855

   Which prints this output:

https://gist.github.com/2560880

   And it writes this ttf file:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xs8o1c6mqbpgisc/Lj_TxoN7N3/testFamily-Roma...

   My script is pieced together from the examples on http://robofab.org/.
Unfortunately, none of the examples describe how to write create/
configure a font object from scratch, ie. that isn't read or
interpolated from an existing font file.

   I'm wondering if I'm doing something obviously wrong.  Any help
would be appreciated.

Thanks,
   Charles


 
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Ben Kiel  
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 More options Apr 30 2012, 3:03 pm
From: Ben Kiel <b...@houseind.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:03:05 -0400
Local: Mon, Apr 30 2012 3:03 pm
Subject: Re: [rf] Robofab NoneLab test fails
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Charles,

Not that this is the answer, but one thing is that for the FDK to make a TrueType font, you can't run the FDK autohinter, as it's for PostScript, not TrueType hints. You might want to start with trying to make a Postscript flavored OpenType font first, then try to bend the UFO2FDK into making a TrueType font. TrueType support in the FDK is very new, so I don't know if UFO2FDK really has the necessary hooks to make a TTF. Again, this is all off the top of my head, so take it with several lumps of salt.

Ben

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Ben Kiel
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 More options Apr 30 2012, 3:24 pm
From: charles <charlesmc...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Apr 30 2012 3:24 pm
Subject: Re: Robofab NoneLab test fails
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   Thanks for the advice, Ben.  You helped me realized that I was
making a beginner's mistaking - writing an OpenType file with a ".ttf"
extension instead of ".otf".  That's why Font Book was refusing to
open it.

   And kudos to the Robofab team for building such a useful project.

Charles

On Apr 30, 4:03 pm, Ben Kiel <b...@houseind.com> wrote:


 
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