Thread: FontShrinker - tool to subset a font
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Old 02-22-2013, 08:44 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by Toxaris View Post
Some fonts don't work very well in ADE, that is known. For now the solution would be to load the font in FontForge and correct it. It seems to be related to the OS/2 version property.
I am thinking of implementing a way to check the version and adapt it when required. I can build it in the current version and in the future version. It would remove the need for Fontforge for this specific reason. Would there be any interest in that? It is some work to do.
Type Light is free for Windows. It does allow editing of the font's metadata. So if might do for fixing the OS/2 version. I've not tried it so I cannot say for sure. If it does work, then there are free solutions for all main OS.
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