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Re: Determine whether a font file is OpenType format or TrueType format
An in-depth discussion about TrueType versus OpenType can be found here:What is the difference between TrueType and OpenType? Based on the specifications, all TrueType fonts are also OpenType fonts, …1 -
Re: How do you test your locl features?
You can design and test locl and other OpenType features within FontCreator and it also has a webfont test feature which allows you to view your font within a web page. You can see a sample web page …1 -
Re: What determines the character range displayed in Windows' Character Map utility?
This problem seems to be related to fonts with Compact Font Format (CFF) based outlines. A decent font manager like MainType will show the exact character set.3 -
Re: Any good auto kerning tools?
The OpenType layout feature format used within FontCreator is based on the format used by the now ancient and obsolete OpenType Compiler from Rogier van Dalen. We've further extended it to support mo…3 -
Re: Webfont vertical metrics strategies
Since I'm the main developer of FontCreator I do know how to accomplish it in FontCreator:1