January 16th, 2004
05:25 PM
Neverside Newbie
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Espy sans font not appearing in PSP 7
I've installed the windows clone of the Macintosh Espy Sans font because I'd like to use it on one of my websites but I don't have a Mac. I added it just like any other font - it appeared in the directory tree when I went through the usual process (Control Panel -> Fonts -> File -> Install New Font). However, it doesn't show up when I try to add text using Paint Shop Pro, so I can't use it.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this problem? I'm using Windows XP, Paint Pro Shop Pro 7 and all my other fonts appear to work fine. A screenshot of the relevant part of my font folder can be found at:
http://pwaring.f2o.org/testing/fonts.png
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January 17th, 2004
12:49 PM
That's a post-script font. PSP can only read True Type fonts.
January 17th, 2004
02:53 PM
Neverside Newbie
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Well, if PSP can't handle Postscript fonts then does anyone know of a free tool (preferably that works on windows) that will convert them to TrueType, or (even better) a true type version of the espy sans font? I'm not forking out £400 or whatever ridiculous amount Adobe wants for Photoshop and I don't really like the way text is handled in Photoshop either.
As an aside, I would have thought that PSP would have support for postscript fonts by now. :grumpy
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January 17th, 2004
03:29 PM
Maybe version 8 supports it, but on the other hand it consumes so much of the system's resources that its not worth it.
Funny that they didn't provide the true type version with it, very few programs can handle postscript fonts anyway.
If I'm not wrong, Adobe's lite (free) version of the Type Manager can convert the font for you. Other than that I don't know of any free program that can help you - the typographic world is quite expensive in fact.
On a side note... I would love if PSP could handle text like Photoshop, it would be really good if I could import texts and still keep the paragraphs other than having everything merged into one single line.
January 24th, 2004
09:37 AM
There may be some time limited shareware programs to convert your fonts. If you had the inclination, you could even make a true type version of the font. I tried font creation for a short time, even forked over the 50 bucks for the program to do it with, but I lost patience with it and left it to the free font sites to supply my needs.
