Re: [Indlinux-group] Scaling up Pothana2000 font

[Suraj N. K. <sku...@uc...>]

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rahul bhalerao wrote:
> Hi,
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> Two years! Thats a really long time.  But dont worry, I
> have just found a sound solution to this problem.

It was so inhibiting that I avoided working with Telugu on the
computer for months at a time.

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> Its very simple and I have just tried it.
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> The solution goes like this:
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> 1. Open your font file (.ttf/otf, or .sfd) in fontforge.
> 2. Select all Glyphs.
> 3. use function:
>        Element-> Transformations-> Transform..
> 4. From either of 2nd, 3rd and 4th dropdown list select
>      Scale..
> 5. Now enter the scaling factor in both X and Y
>     dimensions as you choice.
>     e.g. scaling by 200% in both will make all the
>     selected glyphs double in size.
> 6. Now save the file.
> 7. And generate the font.
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> It's that simple. And it works 100%.
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> Rahul Bhalerao
> [Indic Fonts Team,
>  HBCSE, TIFR.]

This is fantastic! A thousand thanks to you Sir! :-)

I have posted about this problem before on forums and mailing lists
without success. Thus, I am truly glad that you participate in the
Indlinux community. :-)

Now, I have run into another obstacle and seek your wisdom: after
scaling the font to 200% (both X and Y), I notice that the relative
spacing between adjacent, independent glyphs has been excluded from
the scaling transformation. Thus, some of the glyphs overlap (see
http://people.ucsc.edu/~skurapat/pub/tmp/Screenshot-pothana200x.png).

Is there a way to preserve the relative spacing while performing the
scaling transformation?

Thanks,
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