Post by Allan Murray on Nov 21, 2009 18:39:30 GMT -5
I was asked how to make a bold version of a font using Type 2.2 (full verison):
There are two steps involved:
First is to alter the glyphs (ie make them bolder), and the second is setting the correct font names and description (this must be done right for the font to work correctly as a bold font).
1. You will have to manually bolden each glyph*. Using the stroke tool, right click in the edit window then enter a set amount to bolden the glyph. Depending on the design and the amount of bolding, you may have to touch up the glyph to remove overlaps etc using the knife and touch-up:connect tools. Note: if you select the stroke tool using ctrl+F10 then it will remain active after doing the stroke - useful if you are repeating the action for the next glyph.
* The next major ugrade of Type 2.2 will include a method for performing strokes/transformations etc on a range of glyphs or the entire font in one operation.
2. Change the names (you will have to do this for US English, Macintosh Roman and any other active languages):
Select names from the font menu. The correct name format for a normal font is:
FamilyName: Myfont
SubFamily: Regular
FullName: Myfont
For the bold version these change to:
FamilyName: Myfont
SubFamily: Bold
FullName: Myfont Bold
Press the advanced button, then change the Unique ID and PS name so that they are different from the regular version. (Note: you are not allowed spaces in the PS name).
Now change the description:
Select description from the font menu:
The Weight needs to be set to Normal (400) for the regular font and Bold (700) for the bold font. Also check the bold checkbox for the bold version.
If you have done all this correctly, you can install both fonts and the bold version will automatically be selected when you use the bold button in applications like MS Word etc.
The alternative method is to change the FamilyName, eg to Myfont Bold (as well as doing the other changes above). In which case the bold version will appear as a seperate font in the font menu in applications and will not be automatically selected with the bold button in the application.
Cheers,
Allan Murray
There are two steps involved:
First is to alter the glyphs (ie make them bolder), and the second is setting the correct font names and description (this must be done right for the font to work correctly as a bold font).
1. You will have to manually bolden each glyph*. Using the stroke tool, right click in the edit window then enter a set amount to bolden the glyph. Depending on the design and the amount of bolding, you may have to touch up the glyph to remove overlaps etc using the knife and touch-up:connect tools. Note: if you select the stroke tool using ctrl+F10 then it will remain active after doing the stroke - useful if you are repeating the action for the next glyph.
* The next major ugrade of Type 2.2 will include a method for performing strokes/transformations etc on a range of glyphs or the entire font in one operation.
2. Change the names (you will have to do this for US English, Macintosh Roman and any other active languages):
Select names from the font menu. The correct name format for a normal font is:
FamilyName: Myfont
SubFamily: Regular
FullName: Myfont
For the bold version these change to:
FamilyName: Myfont
SubFamily: Bold
FullName: Myfont Bold
Press the advanced button, then change the Unique ID and PS name so that they are different from the regular version. (Note: you are not allowed spaces in the PS name).
Now change the description:
Select description from the font menu:
The Weight needs to be set to Normal (400) for the regular font and Bold (700) for the bold font. Also check the bold checkbox for the bold version.
If you have done all this correctly, you can install both fonts and the bold version will automatically be selected when you use the bold button in applications like MS Word etc.
The alternative method is to change the FamilyName, eg to Myfont Bold (as well as doing the other changes above). In which case the bold version will appear as a seperate font in the font menu in applications and will not be automatically selected with the bold button in the application.
Cheers,
Allan Murray