Comments on: Converting a logo to a font

Question: Converting a logo to a font

punkfloyd — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:18:30 -0800

What software do I need to convert a company logo (including design element) into a True Type Font?

Googling turns up a lot of people who want to do it for me, but I'd like to do it myself.

By: SirStan

SirStan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:23:29 -0800

You can't just paste it into a font editor (such as FontCreator (no recommendation))? I think I did something similar at a past job.. Our company logo-font only had three characters.. lowercase p, uppercase P, and i (different formats of the logo). Everything else was blank.

By: Typographica

Typographica — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:12:49 -0800

The reason there are more services than software is that there really are only a few editors that will do it right. Fonts are volatile little pieces of code and a trained hand and proper tools are required to create something that won't muck up your software or system.

The cheapest way to do it right is send it to a company like FontShop.

The cheapest way to do it right and by yourself is TypeTool.

By: Marky

Marky — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:45:14 -0800

If you already have CorelDraw, you have the software.

Do a Google search "CorelDraw make fonts"

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:00:49 -0800

If the logo was created from an existing typeface, it might be easier to simply figure out what the font is. If you send me the logo, I'll take a look at it. My email is in my profile--matt at fandango dot net.

By: punkfloyd

punkfloyd — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:26:33 -0800

I kind of did it in FontCreator (trial version). Need to do some tweaks.
Thanks for the offer Matt.

By: white light

white light — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:28:33 -0800

why would you need to do this?! i think there must be a much better way you're overlooking to accomplish your end goal. what are your usage plans for the font that you want to make?