Van: "Character" Onderwerp: Re: Huge request - make a font for me Datum: woensdag 2 november 2005 17:14 Sandra Rose wrote: > I have tried so hard to get my head around making a font in Corel, and am just getting nowhere. > > Is there any kind soul who would consider doing it? > I have a scan of the characters, and could prepare them in almost any manner to suit you? > > The purpose of the font is to match characters on cross stitch charts - characters that do not currently exist in any of the > 'dingbat' type fonts I possess already. There are 218 characters in total... > > I will post a jpg of a sheet of 16 characters I have drawn out in 'good' proof, and a jpg of a 'draft' of all 218 characters, so you > will at least know what you might be getting yourself into ;-) > > Thanks sooo very much if anyone will consider doing this! > > Sandra Rose > > Sandra - 2 fonts attached - the one used by PCStitch and one made from your sketch. Have you looked at existing fonts that are used for cross-stitch samples, such as the attached? (To see the symbol set, display the font by double-clicking, then go to Start / Run / Charmap and select the font to display) This is the font used by the PC Stitch program - other X-stitch programs probably have their own sets. If you really need your own set, then: If you produce your symbols with corel draw (a bunch to a page, for example) and then EXPORT to a 2-color .bmp or .gif or minimum compression .jpg instead of printing and scanning, your images will be much cleaner and easier to convert to fonts. The "detail" image you posted is multi-color and anti-aliased, all of which has to be removed for them to be "font-worthy". I've attached the result - you'll see that the individual characters are very rough, the straight lines aren't straight, etc. (Of course, in the usual 1/10 of an inch or smaller X-stitch size, it probably doesn't matter!) BTW - It would be easier to keep your related messages together if you post your samples as replies to your message. - Character