Just to keep the tradition alive this monologue continues.
Current conclusion is:
DoubleType (free)
is discontinued and also limited in efficiency and tools. Furthermore the exported TTF fonts can't be used by most Win apps (Blitz3D, OpenOffice...)
FontForge (free)
Claims to be the best free font editor out there, in fact it's 100% PITA, setting this baby up is extremly complicated (IMHO), you need to install CygWin to provide a linux-like basement for the app. Of course, you need to read the installation guide of FOntForge first, in order to download the right 12 or so additional compenents of CygWin, byside the default libs. The installation guide takes several pages of instructions, including some linux commands that you have to enter somewhere in one of multiple linux shells (where the commands differ depending on the shell etc.). I tried to install it two times, no success, it simply sucks.
FontCreator (30Day Trial, Shareware, about 80$)
This is really cool. Easy install, intuitive interface. No crappy java or other half-interpretated snail-code, but a win32 exe (I know some will say Java is fast, but actually it isn't). Comes with proper uninstall (tho no need for this so far).
Current conclusion is:
DoubleType (free)
is discontinued and also limited in efficiency and tools. Furthermore the exported TTF fonts can't be used by most Win apps (Blitz3D, OpenOffice...)
FontForge (free)
Claims to be the best free font editor out there, in fact it's 100% PITA, setting this baby up is extremly complicated (IMHO), you need to install CygWin to provide a linux-like basement for the app. Of course, you need to read the installation guide of FOntForge first, in order to download the right 12 or so additional compenents of CygWin, byside the default libs. The installation guide takes several pages of instructions, including some linux commands that you have to enter somewhere in one of multiple linux shells (where the commands differ depending on the shell etc.). I tried to install it two times, no success, it simply sucks.
FontCreator (30Day Trial, Shareware, about 80$)
This is really cool. Easy install, intuitive interface. No crappy java or other half-interpretated snail-code, but a win32 exe (I know some will say Java is fast, but actually it isn't). Comes with proper uninstall (tho no need for this so far).