Hi,
I've just downloaded the TransType demo for Mac and wanted to use it to convert the beloved programmer's font MPW, which exists only on the Mac, to TTF in order to be able to use it on Windows. Converting seems to work (no errors), but the result is not really satifying, as some glyphs look really weird in the converted version (not taking into account the distortions due to my using the demo). If someone wants to try, the MPW font can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/MPW_etc./Miscellaneous/MPW_Font.sit.hqxThis font is usually used in size 9 on the Mac. It is a monospaced font, where '1' (one), 'l' (ell), 'I' (capital i) and '|' (conjunction) are well differentiated, as well as 'O' (capital o) and '0' (zero), and with bold punctuation and braces.
When used on Windows, apart from not scaling as well as it does on the Mac (which might be the OS's fault), some glyphs like e.g. '1', ']', '"' (double quote) look really different (barely recognizable) in most text editing applications (UltraEdit, oXygen, Notepad), and some punctuation signs are no longer bold. Besides, the size corresponding to the standard size on the Mac (9), in which all glyphs fit in a 5px*9px rectangle, seems to be 7 on Windows -- displaying the font in size 9 leads to most glyphs looking really distorted (and bigger), although admittedly more recognizable.
But, these glyphs look OK in size 7 when used in MS Word...
Can anyone tell me why there are such differences between the Mac and the converted version (I don't know much about fonts and font formats...)? Could it be possible to convert the font 1 to 1 so that it looks as good on Windows as on Mac?
Thx a lot for your help!
pagod
