Creating Your Own Fonts with FontForge
After all this font talk, it seems only appropriate that I end this chapter by giving you the means to create your own fonts (or at least modify someone else's). FontForge (previously known as PfaEdit) allows you to create or modify TrueType, PostScript, and bitmap fonts (see Figure 11-5). The interface itself seems a bit dated, but don't let that fool you; FontForge is quite capable and easy to use.
Figure 11-5. Using FontForge to create and modify fonts
Downloading, Installing, and Running FontForge
You can easily download and install FontForge via Synaptic. Just do a search for fontforge, mark the fontforge ...
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