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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. nothing wrong with pixel fonts... by Animaether · · Score: 5, Interesting

    especially if you can make them really, really tiny but still 'legible' (often requiring context of nearby letters, granted). I made one - it's used in graphics and licensed by one party for print ('read the fineprint' takes on a whole new meaning when the font is baseline 3 pixels tall.)

    Other than that, pixel fonts are still routinely used in games - simply because rendering a vector font is more expensive than rendering a sprite.