Converting PNG files into TTF?

[Broc T. Glover]

Thank you, Nick! It would be fun to experiment with various weights as well as extended and condensed versions.

[Theunis de Jong]

Bear, what software do you have? The only free one I know of is FontForge, and it's not for the faint of heart.

I made a quick go at it, used Illustrator CS6 to auto-trace your PNG, and with a bit of parameter tinkering I got a very close match. Then I copied the outlines into InDesign and used a tool of my own to convert it into a Type 1 flavored OpenType font. All in all about an hour or so of work.

It needed a bit of fiddling to get reasonable left and right side bearings, and you also might want to know that curved bottoms and tops should actually stick out a bit of the 'regular box' -- above and below the straight lines in your 'z'.

An interesting project because of your fantastic swash-like extensions on the 'b', 'k', and 'q' -- I'm not sure I got those right. Perhaps these need OpenType features and swashless alternates for these characters, or maybe some ligatures.

[Broc T. Glover]

Thank you so much, Theunis! That was very kind of you to go to the trouble to help me like you have. I do appreciate it!