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Make Your Own Fonts, In a Web Browser

Posted by timothy on from the cool-idea dept.

Dekortage writes "Although it's been up for a few weeks, today is the official launch of FontStruct, a web-based font creation tool. That's right: in your web browser, you can build your own typeface, and download it as a TrueType font. The site's user agreement requires you to release your creations online under one of the Creative Commons licenses. The typefaces tend to be a little blocky, but it's still impressive (and a great way to pass time)."

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  1. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just what we need ... the ability for websites to easily create their own font, ignoring the hundreds of years that have gone into perfecting typography.

    1. Re:Great by YourMotherCalled · · Score: 4, Funny

      I end each of my sentences with an ellipsis... Even the questions?... Yes...

    2. Re:Great by Ed+Avis · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's either that or they just go back to using Comic Sans.

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    3. Re:Great by CastrTroy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or Tamil, if I'm not selling my product in South India
      Because you're selling your product in Sri Lanka?
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  2. Awww! by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

    My font looks like a database connection error. :-(

    -Peter

  3. Re:Stupid, Stupid, Stupid! by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Copyright owners being megalomaniacs? Never!

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  4. Re:Now you see it... by YukiCuss · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess I'll bookmark it and come back tomorrow. You and the rest of the world, unfortunately. The second Slashdotting, as it were.
  5. Re:Why would anyone post this on slashdot? by Bragador · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here...

    Slashdot is now an experimental weapon to take over the intertubes. Its aim is to supplant even the biggest of botnets.

    We are succeeding... one website at a time.

  6. Re:pl0s 4, Troll) by Eco-Mono · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod whoever modded this -1 Redundant +1 Funny please.

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  7. Time to make a Mohammet Font by jameskojiro · · Score: 4, Funny

    That will be banned in many middle east countries and the Netherlands and will cause as Fatwa against me.

    Ever letter will be an image of old mo' and if you change your default web browser font to it you will make all 72 virgins in heaven cry.

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    Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
  8. Tried it and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried creating a font and the typeset downloaded only included the following characters:

    S L A H O T E D

    What words can I compose with that... dunno.

    1. Re:Tried it and... by Kozz · · Score: 2, Funny

      A shat lot, Ted! Lead the teal hats to LA. Does he taste hot slots? At least slated, eh...

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  9. Re:Why would anyone post this on slashdot? by pablomme · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spot the irony:

    Bragador (1036480) to astrashe (7452): You must be new here...
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  10. OT: Question by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny
    I would really like to standardize on a Comic font, but a bit more formal than Comic Sans.

    Can someone direct me to an open source Comic Serif font?

    Thanks!

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  11. Re:Why would anyone post this on slashdot? by DMUTPeregrine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone is new here. Even CmdrTaco. The universe is about 14 billion years old, it's hard to not be new here.

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