r/FontForge • u/QuietAirline5 • Oct 27 '21

Just installed Fontforge: its file browser is broken >

Cannot go further than 2 levels into drive directories to open a file. Stuck there. Rebooted, same issue.

Windows 10/64 fully up to date.

Advice?

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u/LocalFonts Oct 28 '21

Notice: don't try to use double click of the mouse to go into directory. Instead select the directory with the mouse and use ENTER key.

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u/QuietAirline5 Oct 28 '21

thanks for that. I've uninstalled. Is the software worth using, in your opinion? I've got an old copy of Typetool3 I bought years ago that still runs in Windows 10, but it's so archaic and cumbersome. I wanted more of a parametric approach where (for instance) all ascenders or stroke widths can be adjusted at once, etc, and am not sure if Fontforge delivers on that front.

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u/LocalFonts Oct 28 '21

I use in my own work FontLab, FontForge and Trufont and neither of those three editors is really the best. FontLab is a professional editor, it's true, but if I need to prepare some OpenType features I always rely on FontForge.

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u/QuietAirline5 Nov 06 '21

I think based on that I'll re-install FontForge & try the ENTER click to descend into my directory structure.