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And not just for Mac OS.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Fontforge and inkscape? I've never gone deep in to it before, but an inkscape wiki page does reference export to font forge as an svg

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I was looking for a program to design and not use fonts. Does it allow desinging new ones?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Maybe 10 years ago I tried designing a font in Inkscape. It was possible but more of a gimmick. I then installed Fontforge and very quickly decided I wasn't going to learn how to use it, didn't have the bandwidth. But the tools are there. Both methods have a learning curve but I think have enough instruction resources online.

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