A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with. We started talking about the typography class he teaches at the at the, and soon we were talking about font developing software. I have this conversation from time to time with different people. It’s about the strategies and tools adopted in the different design learning contexts (this topic of discussion actually started a few years ago with Mario himself). One thing led to another, and, at a given point, he reported students were having trouble finding the necessary files to install in the Mac OSX. They still seem to find it difficult, although all the necessary steps. Even when they can understand the necessary steps, there’s always the need to download X11, or to have XCode and the necessary libraries on the system.

Other issues include the need to have download the gigabytes of ports and dependencies needed to build Fontforge from the source filesI know from my personal experience that this can be very frustrating. So, if you need to use it in classes, or you can’t build it on your system, here’s quick-fix solution to it (you still need to have install permissions):., an alternative open source X window system for the Mac OSX;.;. release (20110222). That’s all there is to it! Now you only have to start XQuartz, then type “fontforge” into the terminal and start editing your fonts. I’ve pre-compiled Fontforge and almost all the dependencies on OSX 10.6. Somehow I managed to build and install libjpeg and libtiff from source.

I think they’ve been included into this build, but I couldn’t create the.dmgs for them with the port command. Nevertheless, everything should be working except the EPS import.

As I have only one Mac OSX system, I can’t really test if everything is working as it should, so I’m making this available “as is” As a final note, I urge you to check all the necessary license agreements before using these builds. Here’s Fontforge’s license: Copyright 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 by George Williams.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. FYI: the Python installer doesn’t work, but you can install/extract the files manually using Pacifist. However, FontForge doesn’t immediately launch under 10.6.8.

(Maybe it’s just an error on my system.) Here’s the xterm output from XQuartz: bash-3.2$ /opt/local/bin/fontforge dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/fontforge Reason: image not found Trace/BPT trap When I add the library, e.g. From VLC or other software packages, it is missing yet another library: dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libXi.6.dylib After that it’s missing libXext.6.dylib etc.

Many of these dylibs are in /opt/X11/lib instead of /opt/local/lib/ I copied the missing ones (roughly a dozen) to the local lib folder, and then FontForge works. Question: Will there be a version for 10.7?

I share your disappointment with many (great) OpenSource programs But I must remind you (and myself in the process) that these (free) Open Source packages aren’t completely free. They’re produced and compiled by someone that invests precious development hours (days, months, years?) into them. In the end, someone is paying for them. In the end, great universal, beautifully design software packages like Firefox are able to be used on every platform, and every person (not only computer nerds), because someone (many people actually) helped to develop it. I think it’s our obligation to help out Fontforge also. Even if it means to wave the universal and easy interface issues BTW, the easy way to start the program is just to create an alias (shortcut) to it, like it’s been done since I can remember No nerd science here.

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The.dmg I provided you with must ‘ve already created it in the Applications folder. If not, you can always use Spotlight to search for “Fontforge” to locate the bin, or the.app file and drag it to the dock. It should be located in /usr/local/bin/fontforge P.S.: If you compile it with MacPorts, it automatically creates an alias for you. I tried Godo’s steps, except you cannot just download any copy of VLC. At first I went to VideoLan’s website and downloaded version 2.0.1 of VLC, but it doesn’t have the libintl.8.dylib file. So then I went to Sourceforge and downloaded the 1.1.10.dmg (I think the latest is 1.1.12, I just didn’t happen to find that immediately). From there I had a copy of VLC that had the needed copy.

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However, that didn’t solve the problem and I went into an endless loop of trying to install tings – said my copy of libiconv was outdated, downloaded the libiconv source, but that said an executable couldn’t be created, so on and so forth. Where I work they block the port that macports uses, so I don’t have access to macports.;(. Hello, Forgive me for not having a clue what I am doing, but I really struggle to understand half of what has been said on this page. It’s not that I am thick, it’s just all another language to me. I want to make my own font but don’t have hundreds of pounds to do it and font forge sounds like the best way forward. I have a mac with lion, so if I follow steps 1 to 3 at the beginning of this page, will that work for me?

And if I don’t get most of what has been said here (I have no idea what open source really means and have only opened terminal on a couple of occasions) would I even be able to use font forge if I did get it working? Thanks, Pablo. Not to worry I’ve been through what your are feeling right now. The best way would be to learn a commercial tool like TypeTool (only 99$), or a professional one like Fontlab, Robofont or Glyphs. But if you think this is worth pursuing (the knowledge you gain from this is worth the effort), follow the steps here and read the documentation on Fontforge’s website! There is also a great book that has explains many features (with an old version): Good luck, and remember that nothing is achieved without effort. Hi pedamado Thanks for providing this blog.

Its the only one I could find that made any sense to me! I’m on Mac OSX 10.6.8. I followed your instructions above, downloaded and installed everything. I typed ‘fontforge’ into XTerm, and got the following message: bash-3.2$ fontforge dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libXi.6.dylib Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/fontforge Reason: no suitable image found. Did find: /usr/local/lib/libXi.6.dylib: stat failed with errno=13 Trace/BPT trap bash-3.2$ Prior to your blog, I downloaded the latest source and complied it myself. That didn’t work either.

It really important to me, as I need to convert a few fonts for a client. I also see this as a worthy addition to my graphic tools. I’ve been at it for over five hours and I’m still struggling to get FontForge to work. If anyone has any advice to set me on the correct path, I would greatly appreciate it.

Obviously I’m not looking to purchase a costly alternative. Plenty of Mac users have successfully installed FontForge. So even though I’m savvier than the average user, I’m so stumped! Thanks in advance!

Hello, I have absolutely no clue about anything terminal-related, so I’ve been blindly copy-and-pasting stuff to install fontforge on Snow Leopard. After “brew install fontforge” I get configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `–host’. See `config.log’ for more details. Googling this leads me to nerdy forums that seem to be in an entirely different language:-). Suspiciously often, these forums suggest a clean install of my OS, which scares me. Any ideas what I could do to fix this?

Hi Marie: You should be scared. I don’t mean to be rude, but you should really read the instructions carefully before messing with your system You can do some serious damage with the unix terminal. Have you been using Homebrew?

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Then read the install instructions first! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — I am not an Unix-savvy user. I always have to google may way out of these kind of problems too So I’m sorry, but I can’t help you with this matter. Word to the wise—someone once described Mac OSX of being as much of scalpel (an elegant precision tool) as it is a a hammer drill (a very powerful tool). On the right skillful hands it can accomplish many things.

On the wrong ill-informed hands well you can guess the rest So, my advice to you is: use a proper commercial, stable and specific OS recommended solution like Fontographer, Fontlab, Glyphs, or Robofont to name a few. They’re not expensive (personal license) and the forums provide lots of help. If you still want to pursue this, try reading Dave Crossland’s manual: Best of luck!

Hi Everyone, I recently bought a MacBook Pro (first Mac ever) and I'm trying to do some graphic design work. I'd like to see all the ligatures and other glyphs that are in a particular font. The way I work is I usually activate my fonts using Suitcase, so then I get access to them in Photoshop etc. Without having to actually install them. I understand that using fontbook I can do this easily, but it seems as though when I add a font to FontBook it installs the font, which defeats the purpose of using Suitcase. I'd hate to have to install every single font I want to use. Can anyone help?

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