Doesn't work on Windows XP

[StephaneDeVannes]

Hello,

I have installed TransType Demo on a PC running Windows XP SP3.

I want to convert Type 1 fonts from a Mac.

I used Stuffit to pack a font family in a single file.

But while opening the .sitx file with TransType, I get the troubleshooter windows asking me "What kind of fonts do you want to convert?". It doesn't work!   

When I read your tutorial on this website, screen caps are made with an old mac system!
I don't understand how TransType works and even if it could resolve my problem.

Thanks,

Stéphane

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

Have you tried sit instead of sitx?

[StephaneDeVannes]

I can't try with .SIT (stuffit demo just allows .SITX).

I tried with .ZIP and .TGZ but the problem remains the same...

[StephaneDeVannes]

UP !

(before I buy a Mac)

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

The last possibility is to use MacBinary: http://www.sketchpad.net/macwinfonts8a.htm

[StephaneDeVannes]

MacBinary
Do you mean I need to do computer archeology?

I downloaded MacBinary but OSX asks for the System 9 Classic to run!

I don't have this old system and I wouldn't install it on a Mac running perfectly.

So...
TransType doesn't work?

[StephaneDeVannes]

Any idea?

[StephaneDeVannes]

I tried TransType on a Mac (don't forget it's not my Mac):
it works, i.e. TransType can convert Type 1 from Mac to Type 1 to PC.

But when installing on c:\windows\font...  a message asks me if I want to convert into TrueType!!! 

Whatever I choose (converting or not into TT), I can't see and use the converted font!

Why is it so difficult?

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

Why is it so difficult?

Some people say that Mac is an easier thing.
Please send me the font in question to apetrov at fontlab dot com.

[StephaneDeVannes]

It still doesn't work with Type 1 fonts.

I converted Mac Type 1 into OTF and it works 

Ok, thanks.

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