Brian, If you don't mind using some Microsoft fonts, you should be able to install the msttcorefonts package. For Debian:
# apt-get install msttcorefonts I can't remember, but I think you need to enable the non-free section in your sources.list file. Now, the reason I say all of this is, the comic-sans font has a small letter "A" that does not have a hat. It looks just like how you would right it. Hope this helps. David BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: > Greetings all. > > I recently used the Truetype-tracer to generate several lettered objects for > my two boys preschool. The teachers loved the objects and were asking for > additional letters so the children could use them for tracing practice. > > One issue they had was the shape of the small case letter "a". In almost > all printing, the typeset has the letting "hat" on the letter, but when they > teach the kids to write, they teach the letter "a" with no hat. > > I spent several hours yesterday going through the various freetype fonts > trying to find an "unhatted" a can could not find a single instance or > font. I was doing this by running the program with a given font and the > letter "a" as the text, overwritting a .ngc file loaded into EMC, then just > refreshing the file. Fortunately, Chris placed a comment at the top of each > ngc file written with that routine stating the given font. > > Needless to say, I was unsuccessful in my search. Three questions. First, > DOes anyone know of any freetype font with an "unhatted a"? IF no, is there > a place where I can view all font sets without my current hunting and > pecking? FInally, if no to the above, is there a tool I can use to modify a > font file to "undress an 'a'"? > > Thanks for the help. > > Brian > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
