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Fixing SFWordProcessing plugin error in OSX

January 11th, 2010

If for example Pages crashes telling you and error occurred with the SFWordProcessing plugin. The steps below might be a solution:

  1. Make sure all applications are closed!
  2. Open Font book.
  3. Scroll down to the Hoefler font and ctrl + click on it.
  4. Choose “Remove Hoefler Text Family”
  5. Download the new Hoefler font.
  6. Extract the Hoefler.zip file and place it in: Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts
  7. Launch Pages or iWeb and the everything should work as usual.
Hoefler

Hoefler

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How to create a font from your own handwriting

September 6th, 2009

Fontcapture is an awesome webtool. What it does? It does create your own handwriting font in some very simple steps. First you download a template. You print this template and write all the characters specified on it. Then you scan your template and upload it to Fontcapture. Fontcapture processes your handwriting and offers you a ttf file for download. See the image below for my very own OsiWrite font.

My own handwriting as a font

My own handwriting as a font

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