Fonts and Having it Your Way: Difference between revisions

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*If you're using a Windows computer, search the internet for TTF fonts you want, check them out, play with them, etc.

*A great PlugIn to use in WordPress, but one needs to have tools to convert fonts to various formats (TTF, WOFF, WOFF, OTF, etc.): Custom Fonts (WordPress, Appearance, Custom Fonts)

**A great tool for converting and manipulating fonts: Font Forge

**A great tool for converting and manipulating fonts: [https://fontforge.org/docs/faq.html#faq-dsig Font Forge]

***File, Generate: To select different formats

***Element, Font Info: To change various meta information

***It will walk you through steps / give hints if settings need to be changed for specific formats

**A great tool if a TTF Font's "Font Embedability" needs to be changed (from say "Restricted" to "Editable" (which can be viewed by right clicking a TTF File, Details Tab): Embed.exe by Tom 7

**A great tool if a TTF Font's "Font Embedability" needs to be changed (from say "Restricted" to "Editable" (which can be viewed by right clicking a TTF File, Details Tab): [http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/ Embed.exe by Tom 7]

**A great tool for converting a TTF to an EOT font (hint, EOT is for Internet Explorer only, and since about version 9, IE can handle OFT and WOFF Fonts, so not a high need): https://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator

***And there are any number of other online websites that will convert fonts: https://onlinefontconverter.com/, etc.

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 *If you're using a Windows computer, search the internet for TTF fonts you want, check them out, play with them, etc.
 *A great PlugIn to use in WordPress, but one needs to have tools to convert fonts to various formats (TTF, WOFF, WOFF, OTF, etc.): Custom Fonts (WordPress, Appearance, Custom Fonts)
-**A great tool for converting and manipulating fonts: Font Forge
+**A great tool for converting and manipulating fonts: [https://fontforge.org/docs/faq.html#faq-dsig Font Forge]
 ***File, Generate: To select different formats
 ***Element, Font Info: To change various meta information
 ***It will walk you through steps / give hints if settings need to be changed for specific formats
-**A great tool if a TTF Font's "Font Embedability" needs to be changed (from say "Restricted" to "Editable" (which can be viewed by right clicking a TTF File, Details Tab): Embed.exe by Tom 7
+**A great tool if a TTF Font's "Font Embedability" needs to be changed (from say "Restricted" to "Editable" (which can be viewed by right clicking a TTF File, Details Tab): [http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/ Embed.exe by Tom 7]
 **A great tool for converting a TTF to an EOT font (hint, EOT is for Internet Explorer only, and since about version 9, IE can handle OFT and WOFF Fonts, so not a high need): https://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator
 ***And there are any number of other online websites that will convert fonts: https://onlinefontconverter.com/, etc.