Introducing RemoteTCP for RoboFab & FontLab

January 26, 2008

RemoteTCP is a cross-platform implementation of the RoboFab Remote that allows FontLab to respond to calls from other applications over a network connection. It aims to have compatible syntax with the original remote when possible, but may require additional parameters when increased functionality is desired. Because RemoteTCP will execute Python commands from a remote client, […]

Fontlab and a few Pythons

January 14, 2008

I’ve been playing around with Fontlab Studio 5 and was intrigued at the possibility of using Python scripts with it. Unfortunately Fontlab is unable to see my install because I’m running the current Python 2.5 version and Fontlab is only able to work with 2.4. Simply installing both does not work because Fontlab insists that […]

Hello World!

January 8, 2008

This certainly is a beginning of sorts, but too an ending as well, though it might just be the beginning of the end, but if I can reach that first full stop, at least by definition, it can now be the end of the beginning.
Introductions can be so awkward. Manifestos, communiqués, mission statements — well those are […]