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Introduction
TheartofTypefacedesignhasbeenaroundforcenturies,andmanyofthefontsinusetoday
werefirstdesignedhundredsofyearsago(Garamondtypeface,forexamplewascreatedinthe
1500’sbyagentlemanbythenameofClaudeGaramond).Backthenfontswerecutintosteel-
todayyouhavetheconvenienceandeaseofmoderncomputersoftware.
Type3.2hasbeendesignedtomakeitrelativelyeasyforabeginnertogetstartedmakingfonts
withouthavingtoworryaboutcomplexities.Thisversion,forexample,integratesanautotracing
feature(seepage21),makingiteasytocreatefontsfromscannedimagesandgraphics.
Advancedfeaturesareavailableifrequired:kerning,automatedactionscripts,hintingand
OpenTypefeatures.Ifyouareagraphicartistthenyoushouldalsofindthatthedrawingtools
arenottoodissimilarfromthosefoundinthelikesofAdobeIllustratorandCorelDRAW.
ThismanualisintendedtobeaninstructionmanualforType3.2ratherthanatutorialor
introductiontofontdesign.IfyouarenewtomakingfontsthenIrecommendthatyouread
AppendixII&IIIofthismanualfirst,andalsocheckoutthelinksbelow.
AllanMurray
SeniorDeveloper
CR8SoftwareSolutions
Formoreinformation:
Visithttp://cr8software.net/truetype.html fortutorials,articlesandlinksaboutmakingfonts
(generalaswellasspecialisedType3.2articles).
Thereisapublicdiscussionforumhere:http://cr8.proboards.com whereyoucanpostquestions
orsuggestions,orjusttoseeifsomeonehasalreadyaskedyourquestion.
Forfreesupportpostyourprivatequeryhere:http://cr8software.net/support.html orsendan
emailto:[email protected].
Updates:
Freeupdatesareissuedfromtimetotimewithminorfeatureadditions,improvementsandbug
fixes.ThemostcurrentversionnumberisalwaysdisplayedontheType3.2webpage:
http://cr8software.net/type.html.
Toobtainanupdate,reinstallthesoftwareusingthedownloadlinkthatyoureceivedwithyour
originalpurchase.Youwillnotnormallyhavetore-enteryourregistrationdetails.
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