NOTE: Download links for exactly what you need to install will come later links in this section are just for general info. If you do not have admin privileges, you will have to get somebody who does to do it for you, or forego these tools and add-ons.
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As long as you have this capability, the instructions below will cover how to doit.
Installing some of these pieces will require “administrator” privileges on your computer. Also thanks to Adam Twardoch for his October 2011 writeup on installation, from which I have stolen borrowed extensively. Thanks to Just van Rossum, Tal Leming, Erik van Blokland, Behdad Esfahbod, Guido van Rossum, and the entire awesome community of people who have contributed to these many pieces. Note: Hard core techno-geeks may want to just skip ahead to the “step by step” instructions for their OS of choice. You do not have to be a programmer to make use of these tools! While folks who are at least moderately geeky and technical will get more out of most of these tools, almost anybody who can use FontLab Studio will find value in tools such as TTX, and benefit from some scripts they can run “out of the box.” Once you get this stuff set up, you can install more macros/scripts just by dragging them to the FontLab macros folder, and restarting FontLab Studio. (If you are using earlier versions, please upgrade to 5.1.x Mac and 5.2.x Windows. Here is how to install Python-related tools, and the many scripts and things they enable, to work with FontLab Studio 5.1/5.2 on Mac OS and Windows. Some work directly in FontLab Studio via the Python scripting language, and others are separate items. (Note: these instructions do NOT apply to FontLab VI.) There are a host of utilities that can make the font making and editing experience easier and faster. How to install Python, RoboFab, TTX/FontTools and other add-ons to enable scripting in FontLab Studio 5 Solution home FontLab Studio 5 Fontlab Studio 5 How to install Python, RoboFab, TTX/FontTools and other add-ons to enable scripting in FontLab Studio 5
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