[XeTeX] Font Development

[Khaled Hosny]

I've been doing all sorts of complex OpenType layout for Arabic script
using solely FontForge, I sometimes use Inkscape to draw glyphs from
scratch, I find FontForge far better for later editing of the glyphs.

The killing feature for FontForge is its openness, it is free software
and I can fix bugs and added features myself (which I already toke
advantage of), and it has an amazing developer who never fail fix a bug
or implement a feature request. Sure it isn't the shiniest app, and not
the most stable one (though I rarely encounter a crash these days,
unlike few years ago), but I can live with that.

On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 08:09:49PM +0100, Adam Twardoch (List) wrote:
> Vafa,
> 
> the primary tool used to add "smart" OpenType Layout features to fonts
> for complex scripts such as Persian Arabic would be Microsoft VOLT.
> There is a board dedicated to Microsoft VOLT on
> http://forum.fontlab.com/microsoft-visual-opentype-layout-tool-volt-b24.0/
> which I recommend you to join.
> 
> Type designers use various tools to draw the typeface, FontLab Studio
> being certainly most popular. The opensource FontForge application also
> has a group of users.
> 
> Best,
> Adam
> 
> Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> > Can anyone guide me on how to start font development? I mean true type
> > font development.
> > 
> > I would like to be able to create some opentype Persian fonts from
> > scratch but really know nothing about making fonts. Is there any guide
> > and what tools you need to use for font creation, for example  what
> > softwares the developers of Scherezade or Junicode fonts used to develop
> > these fonts?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > -- 
> > Best wishes,
> > Vafa Khalighi
> > 
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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer
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