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I want to make my own font

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How would i go about this?
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1) Get Photoshop
2) Install Photoshop
3) Open Photoshop
4) Go wild
5) I don't know how you assign them to keystrokes
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You'll probably have to buy some font authoring software.
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Nothing going freeware wise?
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Google is your friend. If you can't find anything on Google, then it probably doesn't exist :P

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Nothing freeware-wise, AFAIK.
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Pfaedit: http://pfaedit.sourceforge.net/

Horrible user interface though.

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Thanks. I've got it book marked and will dl it once i get my linux box running in a couple weeks (don't feel like fucking w/ cygwin right now).
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I remember using some program from Macromedia. Or was it aldus? Maybe adobe.
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Slartibartfast wrote:I remember using some program from Macromedia. Or was it aldus? Maybe adobe.
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