Comments on: Using a Mac .dfont on Windows

By: Momo the Monster

Momo the Monster — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:41:44 +0000

Just what I needed, thanks for the post!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:31:41 +0000

You have saved my sanity! One of the perils of working cross-platform has been solved! Thank you Thank you Thank yoU!!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:48:14 +0000

I have been struggling on a project for school for weeks- I have Helvetica and a Mac and the school has neither! Going back and forth has been a pain… I just wanted to say thanks to Joel Mama- I had never used the Terminal before and your instructions were awesome!

By: Joel Mama

Joel Mama — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:44:54 +0000

@Kelly: fondu is a *nix-only application. This means it only runs on Mac OS X, linux, and unix. You could run fondu under linux if you have access to a linux box, linux virtual machine, or a linux live CD. To the best of my knowledge, you won’t be able to use fondu natively on windows I’ve updated my post to clarify that this is a *nix-only program. Take care and good luck!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:27:35 +0000

Sorry, I have read and re-read this thread and I cannot tell, is there a way to convert this font (zapfino) from dfont to a font usable in windows? I only have the dfont file, I do not have access to a mac and the fondu site is not terribly helpful to this idiot. Any help is appreciated.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:43:31 +0000

@Greg: I got this error when I was trying to convert a font in the System Library, after I moved the file to my desktop the command worked perfectly.

By: Si

Si — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:42:49 +0000

Thanks for this! Wanted to use Monaco. Great fixed width font.

By: Breck

Breck — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:40:25 +0000

Thanks for the effort Joel Mama – I opened the TTF in notepad and got the developers website. Just emailed them asking for an extended font license/some kind of cheaper then purchasing the whole family help.

By: Joel Mama

Joel Mama — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:00:24 +0000

@Breck: I gave it a shot and experienced the same error as you. Strange that the TTFs seem to work on the Mac side. I don’t have an answer, but at least I offer another failure to corroborate yours! If you do figure out a solution, please come back and post it for future readers. Best of luck.

By: Breck

Breck — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:47:40 +0000

I’m trying to convert the Futura font. I ran the command lines fine and came out with 4 truetype font files. When trying to install them via windows/control panel/fonts it tells me to contact my font vendor as there is an error. Copy protected?