truetype - Editing true type fonts

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2013-08
  • Parsa

    In typical Persian fonts which are True Type, there is a historical problem with yeh and kafs.

    These fonts are created for Windows 98, which didn't include full Persian support, and now, we have 2 kind of Kafs: Keheh(0x6a9, ک), and Arabic Kaf(0x643, ك), and 2 kind of Yehs: Farsi Yeh(0x6cc, ی), and Arabic Yeh(0x64a, ي). Old fonts use Arabic ones, but the standard keyboard for Persian uses the Persian ones of course.

    Is it possible to edit and fix these fonts? I've made many attempts to replace these characters with FontLab Studio, which I failed. Any suggestions?

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  • e100

    For a question this specific, I'd recommend asking on the Typophile.com forum.


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    Installing Microsoft ttf fonts on Ubuntu
  • therefromhere

    I want to install a Microsoft Vista TTF font (lets say Consolas), on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

    How do I go about doing that?


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  • Diago

    This article explains how to install the Microsoft fonts on Ubuntu step by step. It's part of the Universe repository.

    This article explain how to install the Vista fonts which includes Consolas on Ubuntu. You need to extract the fonts from the Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer.

  • therefromhere

    If you've got a Windows machine handy (IANAL but I think you need a Vista licence in order to legally use the Consolas font), copy the file somewhere convenient.

    Then in a terminal:

    sudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts
cd /usr/local/share/fonts
sudo chown root:root *.ttf
sudo fc-cache
  • Kirill

    Check out this script.

    winetricks is a quick and dirty script to download and install various redistributable runtime libraries...