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Steve, That sounds great! I'm guessing that the SVG Refinement didn't have enough points or curves to provide a solution without retracing? Bill On 10/7/2014 1:55 PM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr wrote: > Hi List, > > I have several prototype TrueType fonts. About 10% or more have > moderate to severe quality issues. With a 16-bit font of 37,811 > glyphs, that is a lot of cleanup to do manually. > > The first image is the SVG Refinement. The second is the prototype > TrueType Font. > > > > Rather than fixing thousands of symbols by hand, I created an > automated solution by increasing the image size and retracing the > SVG. My new import has the proper shape and thickness for all symbols. > > The first image is the original PNG. The second is the SVG > Refinement. The third is my new TrueType font. > > > > The automated process should take a few days. I'm hoping my iMac can > handle the processing demands. I have everything configured, tested, > and ready to automate. > > Step 1: Use Inkscape to convert the SVG Refinement graphics into PNG > images at 10 times normal size. > > Step 2: Use pnttopnm and mkbitmap to reformat the images into > different file types. > > Step 3: Use potrace to read the PBM files and recreate the SVG > > I need to create and package about a half a million files. It should > take me a few days to run the automated scripts. > > Last time I traced the ISWA 2010, my Linux computer had memory leaks > and could only process a few thousand at a time before crashing. I > couldn't resolve the crashing issue, so I just kept restarting my > computer. This time, I hope my iMac is up to the job. > > Regards, > ?Steve > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4037/8341 - Release Date: 10/07/14 > > ________________________________________________ > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1