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Illustrator can't use bitmap fonts?

Apr 21, 2012 2:50 AM

Tags: #illustrator #photoshop #problem #font #text #bitmap #type #.fon

In the list of available fonts, Illustrator CS5 just doesn't show a particular bitmap font (maybe it's skipping some others too, but I didn't check). I'm sure the font works well, in fact it shows up and works normally in Photoshop, and I also use it for interface in some other software that allows customizing of interface - in a few years never had a problem. If it matters, it's a fon file.

 

Digging around the internet I didn't see anybody complaining about it, the only thing I've found is an article for beginners that talks about using bitmap fonts as if it were perfectly possible.

 

So, how can I use this font in my documents? Or will I have to design everything in Illustrator and then finish it in Photoshop.

 

Edit: if it matters I'm on Windows 7 64bit.

 

Message was edited by: RayRayTea

 
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    Apr 21, 2012 3:08 AM   in reply to RayRayTea

    RayRayTea,

     

    Bitmap fonts are (collections of) bitmap images, so Illy has no clue what to do with them.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmap_font#Bitmap_fonts

     
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    Apr 21, 2012 4:18 AM   in reply to RayRayTea

    You are welcome, RayRayTea.

     

    Be careful when you uninstall ugly fonts. I overdid it once, and ended up with a Desktop full of unintelligible glyphs, and had to have an Maxtor Macblast Image reinstallation performed on the C drive coupled to another PC.

     
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    Apr 21, 2012 5:20 AM   in reply to RayRayTea

    RayRayTea,

     

    It seems that it should be possible, as briefly mentioned here:

     

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/88426164/245/Understanding-bitmap-fonts

     

    So it seems that Wikipedia has it wrong(ly expressed).

     

    Maybe the fonts you have tried are simply beneath the standard required by Illy; she is more particular than most, which is understandable because she may have to do a lot of things with fonts, as vector artwork.

     
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