2. Contents….
What is Unicode
What is Fontforge
Font creation
Opening the FontForge
Creating a Glyph
Design the Font
Generating a font
How to type Indic language.
Glyphs design by Me
Conclusion
3. What is Unicode
• Unicode provides a unique number for every character. They
store letters and other characters by assigning a no. for each
one. We use ASCII code for writing English language but this
is not sufficient to write all English letters and other language.
ASCII is only for English language.
Like for Oriya letter “ ଏ ” Unicode unique no. is “0B0F”
Hindi letter “ ए ” Unicode unique no. is “090F”
4. • FontForge is a software which is used to create new fonts,
allows us to edit existing fonts and can convert from one font
format to another.
• FontForge is an extremely power full software system offering
practically all the features of FontLab
7. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
This tool is used for selecting points,
images and referenced glyphs. It can also
move these and scale images and
referenced glyphs.
8. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
The magnifying tool. Clicking
with the magnifying tool will
magnify the view and center it
around the point we clicked on.
9. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Freehand tool. We can use this tool to
draw a random curve which FontForge
will then attempt to convert into a set of
splines
10. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Scroll tool. We can use this tool to
scroll the window without using the
scroll bars.
11. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Add a curve Point.
Add a curve Point always
either horizontal or vertical.
Add a corner point.
Add a tangent point.
12. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Change whether spiro is active or not.
13. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Cut spline tool. This tool is used to cut
splines.
14. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Th ruler tool. Measure distance, angle
between points.
15. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Scale the section. This tool allows we to
scale the selection by eye rather than by a
set amount.
16. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Flip the section. This tool allows we to
flip the selection either horizontally or
vertically.
17. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Rotate the section. This tools allows we
to rotate the selection freely.
18. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Skew the section. This tool allows we
to skew the selection.
19. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Used to draw Rectangle or ellipase.
20. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
Used to draw Polygon or star.
21. Font creation : Creating a Glyph
The foreground (Fore) layer
contains the outline that will
become part of the font.
The background (Back) layer
can contain images or line
drawings that help us to draw
this particular glyph.
The guide (Guide) layer
contains lines that are useful on a
font-wide basis.
22. Font creation : Design the Font
This is the key image of oriya fonts, all normal letter design are already present only we
have to design a new one using normal letter design.
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24. How to type Indic language.
Steps for saving new design font file in Windows 7 .
1. First save the new font in .otf format
2. Go to C drive.
3. Open windows Fonts folder.
4. Save and install that .otf file in font folder
Steps for install Indic keyboard layout language in Windows 7.
1. Go to Control panel
2. Click on Clock, Language, and Region.
3. Click on change display languages.
4. On keyboards and languages click change keyboards.
5. Click on Add button and choose different Indic languages
6. Click Ok button
7. At the task bar an new icon will appear, choose Indic language and type in
ms-word or notepad etc..
26. Conclusion
1. The new Unicode Font Designing software FontForge
marks the knowledge of creation of different font designs
and also editing font designs using very unique ways that
helps creating font styles of various different languages
reducing complexities.
2. This technique proves to be very useful and advantageous
in case of designing font styles of those languages that
might have one or more font design only such as Hindi,
Bengali, Oriya, Telugu etc.
3. Using this software one can design his own fonts.