tff to lff conversion on Mac

Is there a tfftolff conversion program for Mac?  I really want to use some of my tff fonts in LibreCAD.

Best,
Henricus

you can follow the wiki to build from source on Mac:

http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/LibreCAD_Installation_from_Source#Building_LibreCAD-2.0_on_OS.2FX

Henricus wrote

Is there a tfftolff conversion program for Mac?  I really want to use some of my tff fonts in LibreCAD.

Best,
Henricus

I'm sorry to ask, but I don't see the commands to build the tfftolff convert.  All I see is the LibreCAD build.  I've installed the latest with the distilled install.  I'm not that good at the command line stuff, sorry.

-Henricus

I ran the following command in a terminal.  Now how do I retrieve the command to convert?

sudo port install gcc48 qt4-creator-mac qt4-mac boost freetype

-Henricus

need to follow the wiki step by step;

Henricus wrote

I ran the following command in a terminal.  Now how do I retrieve the command to convert?

sudo port install gcc48 qt4-creator-mac qt4-mac boost freetype

-Henricus

just checked, ttf2lff is included in nightly builds:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/librecad/files/OSX/NightlyBuilds/

dxli wrote

need to follow the wiki step by step;

Henricus wrote

I ran the following command in a terminal.  Now how do I retrieve the command to convert?

sudo port install gcc48 qt4-creator-mac qt4-mac boost freetype

-Henricus

I followed the wiki steps and got the macports directory and LibreCAD program, but still no tfftolff.

I installed the nightly build 2.7.1 and didn't see it.  I have removed it and the Macport installation and went back to my original stable install.  Surely, there has to be a better way.
-Henricus

I finally figured it out, the command was on my computer the whole time!  What I didn't understand was the hidden method that Mac uses in their file structure.  The LibreCAD appears as a program and not a directory.  This is where my confusion was.  For those like me, go to the Applications folder and locate LibreCAD.  Select it and right click your mouse or use the control key and select it.  You will get a pulldown menu.  On this pulldown menu, select "Show package contents" and you will find the directory structure of this program.  The file is under "MacOS".

It converts the fonts, but they are stick fonts and really not useful for what I need.  Heavy sigh.  I guess I just have to breakdown and buy one that uses tff fonts.





-Henricus