I'm now trying to build a typeface (.TTF). I spent two (vacation)days designing, scanning and converting my characters in CorelDraw9, then convert it in to .ttf...tadammmmmmm...IT'S NOT WORKING!!! the file is there, but I can't see it, use it or install it! even the windows preview does'nt work!
I remembered I had already do one (poor) font a few years ago in corel4, so I exported all my characters in .eps (the save as previous version works back through version 5!!!) did back all the work in scaling and all and all...but I can't export it to .TTF ( it says that I have too many objects to export, even if I had combined every character in one single curve)
Somebody have a clue to solve this, a freeware, shareware, old trick or another way I can do this using my corel file or an eps file????
Thanks in advance....
Posted by A Signs (Member # 1425) on :
You may have too many nodes in each character. Try deleting as many nodes as you can before exporting characters.
Posted by Marc St.Denis (Member # 3329) on :
Thanks Andrew
Do you know the maximum of nodes allowed??? For now, I'm bugging with my first character, which is an ampersand and contains only 21 nodes!!!
Thanks again for helping....
Posted by A Signs (Member # 1425) on :
I has been a long time since I've have created a font using Corel Draw. From memory you have to create your characters with a caps size of 720 points. You also need to use an A4 page and move the 0,0 point up 30 points and to the right 30 points, so the your rulers have the 0,0 on the page. Finally your must export your first character as a "Null" character. This is usually a 720 point high rectangle. If this is all a bit comfussing I can email you a couple of example files.
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
Marc, you are probably exporting your character from the wrong place on the screen.
Set your page size to 720 points, position one character inside the box, select that one character and export it ttf. Now see if that one character works as a font. Play around with just one character until you get things working then convert the rest of the letters.
You can only export one character at a time. That character has to be one object. When you get that error message, something is not combined right.
In my experience, Corel is not especially sensitive to the number of nodes, so I doubt that is your problem.
If you continue to be stalled, email me a few characters and I will see if I can convert it successfully. vic@anchorblanks.com
Corel is tedious to make fonts, but it works fine. Vic G
Posted by Marc St.Denis (Member # 3329) on :
Thank you Vic!
It is probably the 720 points thing that blocked me out...i've done it to 750...
Anyway, I'll look at it tomorrow and I'll give you some news if not working properly...
Who knows, maybe I'll dream of you to make me sleep properly...HA HA HA
