Make Tech Easier» font conversion http://maketecheasier.com Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Fri, 25 May 2012 23:58:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Convert Mac Font (dfont) to Windows Compatible Font (ttf) http://maketecheasier.com/convert-mac-dfont-to-ttf/2011/02/28 http://maketecheasier.com/convert-mac-dfont-to-ttf/2011/02/28#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:58:08 +0000 Damien http://maketecheasier.com/?p=30382
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]]> dfontsplitter-logoIf you are a designer and always switch between Mac and Windows, you will find that some of the beautiful fonts in Mac are not available in Windows. Even when you copy the font over, the Windows system does not recognize the font and can’t register it to the system. The reason is because those fonts are in dfont format which can only be used in Mac. To get it working in Windows (or Linux), you have to convert the dfont to TrueType format (ttf).

Download and install DfontSplitter.

Open the application. Click the “+” to add a dfont, or simply drag the dfont from the Finder.

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For your info, the system fonts are located at the directory “System/Library/Fonts“. Alternatively, you can search for the font in the Font Book application and right-click the font and select “Reveal in Finder”.

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Next, select the destination folder and click “Convert“.

You will now see a bunch of font files in your destination folder. Keep the one with the .ttf extension and delete the rest.

Now move those ttf fonts to Windows and double-click on it to install.

Note: DfontSplitter also comes with a Windows version. Alternatively, you can move the dfont to Windows and use DfontSplitter (Windows version)to convert the font to ttf format.

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]]> font-fFor those who are dealing with writing or design projects, it is common for you to come across a font that your applications cannot support. It could be a Macintosh font, a bitmap font or a open type font (otf), for some reason or another, you just can’t get your application to read it. In such cases, the best way is to convert this font to TrueType font (ttf).

Fontforge is an outline font editor that allows you to create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, edit existing ones and convert one format to another.

In your terminal, type

sudo apt-get install fontforge

Open Fontforge (Applications -> Graphics -> FontForge)

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Load up the font that you want to convert.

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Without making any changes, go to File -> Generate Fonts. Save the file with extension .ttf

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Depending on the source file, it might generate some errors message. Click Save to continue saving.

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You have a .ttf font in your folder now.

Installing your new font

Go to your Home folder (Places -> Home Folder)

Create a new folder and name it .font (include the dot in front of the font). Copy the new ttf font into the folder.

Restart your application. It should be able to detect the new font now.


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