Create Fonts and Sell Them on Flashden
Have you ever wanted to create a pixel font or a TrueType font but did not know how to do it? Or perhaps you’ve tried but become frustrated with the process? Then meet your new friend, FontStruct!
FontStruct, from the creators of FontShop is a powerful yet super-easy to use online Flash application that allows you to quickly create fonts for free. And once you’ve finished creating your very own font, why not upload it to Flashden and sell it?!
The beauty of FontStruct is the intuitive, usable interface. Within minutes you can quickly create attractive characters and then save them as .ttf files which can be used on both Mac and PC platforms.
Almost 700 fonts at the time of writing have been created on FontStruct and are available to download for personal or commercial projects. Here are some useful links to get you started:
FontStruct guide to making pixel fonts
Font gallery
Screencast overview
FAQs
Good luck creating your masterpieces and don’t forget you have the opportunity to sell your complete font files on Flashden!
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Nice addition, I will definately consider trying this in the future!
Fonstruct is just too much fun! Great to crack a beer and play with it after a day of boring client work.
Even though fonts don’t seem to be popular here, I made two sets of dingbats. One is in the queue and one is here…
http://flashden.net/item/pixeldings_z1-system-social/14460:http://flashden.net/item/pixeldings_z1-system-social/14460
Thanks for bringing this web app to my attention!
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Fontstruct currently provides only windows font.
To convert it into other types, mac version and other types, you can use this software. TransType Font Converter : http://www.fontlab.com/font-converter/transtype/
Availibility of your font in other formats will increase the popularity and usability of your font.
As stated by Flashden “Create your files in as many formats as possible. You may wish to create TTF, OTF or PFM files. Remember the more compatible your file, the better it will sell.”
To create fonts offline and more custom fonts … you can use this software High Logic Font Creator : http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html
Hope that helps