Create a Custom Font!: Photoshop CS5

Use Adobe Photoshop CS5 to create a custom font to use on your computer. This works best with a font creation software. I suggest Fontlab ( http://www.fontlab.com/ ), but if you want something free, you should use Softpedia Font Tools ( http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Font-Tools/FontForge.shtml ).

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[EnterArt100]

no free software for windows ?

[operationphotoshop]

@EnterArt100 I'm sorry, I don't know if there is any free software for windows for making a font. I don't make fonts myself, so I just made this tutorial for other people. Good luck on finding software. If I find any I will let you know.

[XoDusEditing]

those dont look like letters at all, lmfao

[tommygraven83]

Got it to work thanks!

[operationphotoshop]

@tommygraven83 no problem. I hope you found something that worked!

[tommygraven83]

@operationphotoshop There is no program called Scanfont for Mac I think but I did transform each letter as a vector using Magic Vector. Thanks for your reply though

[operationphotoshop]

@tommygraven83 Try getting a program called Scanfont. Then, organize each letter in alphabetical order in the PSD, and save it as just one picture as a bitmap. You could also make a selection around each letter and right click to make a work path. Then go File>Export>Paths to Illustrator and save each letter as a vector path.

[tommygraven83]

@operationphotoshop Hey, it's me again, I finished making the letters and saved each one , I also downloaded FontLab Studio 5.0 DEMO for Mac OS X but I don't know how to group all these letters into one font. I've searched for many programs before but that was the only one for Mac lol. Thanks.

[tommygraven83]

@operationphotoshop Ok thanks.

[operationphotoshop]

@tommygraven83 It doesn't really matter. Photoshop is just being used here to create each letter, and when you put the letters into font creation software, they can then be scaled down to the appropriate size