Archive for July, 2007

Dispatches: Britain’s Bad Housing

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

A journalist scratches the surface of Brittan’s corrupt housing system. click

I feel really sorry for the woman at the end, who sounded like she was about to cry as she described how her house is facing demolition at the hands of corrupt council redevelopers.

How to convert an OTF file to TTF

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Java doesn’t currently support Adobe-flavoured CFF Opentype fonts (check for the string “OTTO” at the head of the file). So, if like me you have to integrate a fancy font into a Windows/Java based image processor then consider converting them to True Type format.

Do this quickly, using the excellent FontCreator 5.5 which is currently free for a 30 day trial, or if you plan on using it to convert more than just one file - $79 to purchase.

People with more time can use open source FontForge and this scripting tutorial.

Oh Graphic designers and their love of weird and wonderful fonts.


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