DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to ADHD@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI just spent two hours trying to strip the annoying headers away from some fonts I downloaded, using python, terminal, and CotEditor. I don't know Python. I was not successful.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareI just spent two hours trying to strip the annoying headers away from some fonts I downloaded, using python, terminal, and CotEditor. I don't know Python. I was not successful.DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to ADHD@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareonehundred@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoPreface; I probably cannot help you, just curious. Why did you want to strip the headers out?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause instead of the font showing in Font Book or Apple Pages as “IzmirNarrow-Bold” they were showing as “FONTSPRING DEMO - IzmirNarrow-Bold”
minus-squareMyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSurprised they werent just stored as strings you could edit in a hex editor or something, but then I know nothing about fonts
Preface; I probably cannot help you, just curious. Why did you want to strip the headers out?
Because instead of the font showing in Font Book or Apple Pages as “IzmirNarrow-Bold” they were showing as “FONTSPRING DEMO - IzmirNarrow-Bold”
Surprised they werent just stored as strings you could edit in a hex editor or something, but then I know nothing about fonts