How to convert a bitmap font (.FON) into a truetype font (.TTF)?

Use FontForge + Autotrace then make some corrections manually. First integrate Autotrace in Fontforge, see Autotracing bitmaps in FontForge. Here is how I have done it, as I wasn’t able to use the win32 version of FontForge: Download, unzip and start Portable Ubuntu Tres. It’s a special linux version that works under Windows! Choose System->Administration->Add/Remove … Read more

Fix custom font line-height with CSS

The issue here is not line height but vertical placement of glyphs, in particular the location of the text baseline. That’s something that the font designer has decided on; the designer draws glyphs and places them in the em square, the conceptual device that has height equal to (or defined to be) the font height. … Read more

Some Alt keys changes my RichTextBox font

This is the default behavior. The RichTextBox Control automatically finds a fallback font to represent characters that the current Font can’t handle. If not otherwise instructed, it changes the Font selection with the fallback Font. Read this rant about the same default behavior of the RichTextBox ancestor (the RichEdit / MsftEdit Control, from which the … Read more

Correct Apache AddType directives for font MIME types

I realize that this question is old, but for anyone looking for a quick copy/paste for adding font MIME types to their .htaccess: <IfModule mod_mime.c> AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot AddType application/x-font-opentype .otf AddType image/svg+xml .svg AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf AddType application/font-woff .woff AddType application/font-woff2 .woff2 </IfModule>