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From: amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Andrew Fountain)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Converting CorelDRAW fonts?
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Date: 2 Mar 90 22:14:57 GMT
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sjw@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Steven J. Walsh) writes:

>I am using (and very pleased with) CorelDRAW.
>It comes with a large variety of very attractive fonts, and I
>was wondering if anyone knows how to convert these fonts
>so that other windows programs can use them.

The problem is that corel fonts are not hinted, that is they don't look
very good at small resolutions. There are two ways I can suggest you
could try:

1. Cut some text out of Corel and it will be put on the clipboard as a
Metafile. You can now paste it into products like Windows Write and it
makes a good headline. The disadvantages are that it only looks good if
the size is over about 24 points because of the hinting problem above;
also you are stuck with the wording and can only change by going back
into Corel.

2. Use a program like snap or blowup to cut fonts out of Corel screens
as bitmaps, and paste them into the font editor. The fine tuning can be
done by hand in the font editor. This is very time-consuming but does
work. (I have generated a Greek font in a similar manner.)

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