up vote 1 down vote favorite
share [g+] share [fb]

I need to convert a free ttf for use on a Mac - the best solution would be to convert it to otf so we can both use it. free solution for Windows preferred.

link|improve this question
100% accept rate
feedback

3 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

TrueType fonts are supported directly on Mac OS X, as well as just about any other font type. If you double click on the font, it should open in Font Book, and you can just choose "Install Font".

I do recommend Validating the font first, since Windows fonts do not always include everything necessary to fully use the font, but there is no reason you should have to convert the font...

Per Adobe ( http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327791.html as of 2009-11-11) Mac OS X supports the following font formats:

.dfont
Multiple Master (Mac OS X 10.2 and later only)
OpenType (.otf)   *
TrueType (.ttf)   *
True Type Collection (.ttc)
Type 1 (PostScript)  *

Which I believe is the majority of the popular font formats... The font's flagged with a asterick also are natively supported on Windows....

link|improve this answer
I forgot to mention, I just tested this via, downloading a TTF font from (webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html), and didn't have any problems with Font Book recognizing the font... (Font book is effectively the Fonts control panel on Mac OS X). – Benjamin Schollnick Jan 7 '10 at 13:11
feedback
up vote 2 down vote

just found a great website that does this and its free!

http://onlinefontconverter.com/

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

or http://www.fontconverter.org

link|improve this answer
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.