ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a font/typeface designing program that is available for Windows or Linux that supports creation of variable fonts and OpenType features?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIs there a font/typeface designing program that is available for Windows or Linux that supports creation of variable fonts and OpenType features?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoSo, this is out of my element. But does Inkscape work for you? I found this page where some people are talking about it. https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Variable_Fonts_support
minus-squareryujin470@fedia.ioOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI was looking for a program to design and not use fonts. Does it allow desinging new ones?
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 months agoIt’s been a long time since I made a typeface but most typeface apps are better at compiling then than designing them. You typically design them somewhere else, like Illustrator or InkScape.
So, this is out of my element. But does Inkscape work for you?
I found this page where some people are talking about it.
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Variable_Fonts_support
I was looking for a program to design and not use fonts. Does it allow desinging new ones?
It’s been a long time since I made a typeface but most typeface apps are better at compiling then than designing them. You typically design them somewhere else, like Illustrator or InkScape.
Thanks!