What is the difference when:
1. I use Tools ->Transform -> Convert to Type 1 / Convert to True Type?
2. I use Trans Type?
Typophile
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1. Works everytime.
2. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don’t…
There is a marked difference in the way that glyphs are described in TrueType and Type 1.
If you are going to be generating TTFs or TTF-flavoured OpenType fonts, you should convert your glyphs to TrueType curves, and also reverse the directions — Transformation / Reverse All / Set clockwise direction.
If you are going to be generating PST1s or CFF-flavoured OpenType fonts, you should convert your glyphs to Type 1 curves, and also reverse the directions — Transformation / Reverse All / Set counterclockwise direction.
TransType should do this work for you, but I would get the files tight and clean in FL before using TrT, if that is your preferred generation tool.
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