Silver Bullet Cutters Forum

Now 4.1.0 and he has a new plug in for the cameo and up dates to other things

Rachellann is there a nudge feature on MTC? Also when I do a cut and paste why is the pasted item so much smaller than the original? I am having so much trouble with SCAL I am being forced to learn MTC better.
Jan

If you do shift control v it will paste the project the proper size,

Select your image and use the arrows on your keyboard for a nudge. Ctrl + arrows does a much larger jump.

The new MTC 4.1.0 also now supports Open Path Fonts (true single path fonts), and also allows you, when you import a font, to choose to always open that font from now on when MTC opens. This will not "install" them in windows, but rather open up that font file every time you open MTC in the future. Those fonts you choose this for will be green in the font list so you can easily find them.

Here is the link if you want to see the other changes in MTC 4.1.0
http://forum.make-the-cut.com/discussio ... version/p1

4.1.0?????????? OMG I am sooooooooooooooo far behind . LOL I guess I need to update soon.LOL

Hey Bryan -

Thanks for the heads up. Do you know if there is a way to create .opf fonts? Can you do so in Inkscape or some other program? I know it's a new type of font and there is not a lot of information that I could find on the topic. Any suggestions?

Mac version is coming soon he says. He is making a lot of people happy on that one, including me.

Phyllis wrote:Mac version is coming soon he says. He is making a lot of people happy on that one, including me.

oh that will be GREAT for them and many others. I know nothing about a MAC but I know it's something he's wanted to do for a while so that's awesome they are finally able.

Thanks Rachell.
And a Mac version will be wonderful!

Tyler wrote:Hey Bryan -

Thanks for the heads up. Do you know if there is a way to create .opf fonts? Can you do so in Inkscape or some other program? I know it's a new type of font and there is not a lot of information that I could find on the topic. Any suggestions?

Hi Tyler - I did some experimenting with creating some open path fonts, and I'll try to put together a few quick steps that I used when I get a chance (I was using the SVG Font Editor in Inkscape) . There is no "standard" way of creating open path fonts that I can find either, which is why there is not a lot out there (as you have found out). Many programs have the capability, but it usually through programmatic conversion or plug-in type packages (e.g. the Inkscape plugin/extension for Hersey fonts).

SBryanW wrote:Hi Tyler - I did some experimenting with creating some open path fonts, and I'll try to put together a few quick steps that I used when I get a chance (I was using the SVG Font Editor in Inkscape) . There is no "standard" way of creating open path fonts that I can find either, which is why there is not a lot out there (as you have found out). Many programs have the capability, but it usually through programmatic conversion or plug-in type packages (e.g. the Inkscape plugin/extension for Hersey fonts).

That would be cool. I've only found what you found. I know how to use the font editor in inkscape, but it seems that even in the preview window of inkscape, it does not seem to preserve the openness of a path. That is even before trying to figure out how to save/convert as the right file type for OPF. Like you said, everything generally goes through plugins and converters. Even TTF, I've had to use onlinefontconverter.com. I couldn't ever quite wrap my head around fontforge, I'm not quite technical enough.

Great! The new font feature will be really useful for me!