Re: [Fontforge-users] Help with SVG or EPS import

[Khaled H. <kha...@eg...>]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:38:20PM -0600, James Epler wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> I'm a newbie to font forge and am attempting to import a glyph I
> created in Adobe Illustrator CS2. I've tried exporting the glyph as
> both an SVG and EPS, but neither one seems to work and crashes
> fontforge. The last time I received the following message:
> 
> I'm sorry this file is too complex for me to understand (or is
> erroneous, or is empty) when attempting to import my EPS.
> 
> I'm running OS 10.4.11 (PPC), X11 1.1.3 and version FF Library version
> 17.32 14-Sep-2009. Wondering if there are recommended settings when
> exporting/saving from Illustrator which are easier for FF to
> understand so that it will not crash?

That is pretty old version, try getting a recent build using macports or
other similar software repositories for Mac (there is no longer official
Mac builds).

Generally, SVG should be easier for FontForge to handle the SVG.

Regards,
 Khaled