From: "Daniel H. Garrison"
> It is possible to modify an existing set (say, a Garamond)
> to add such a special and return the typeface to its place
> for use in Word or WordPerfect?

The main problem you'll encounter (especially
with Fontographer) is that fonts which contain
fancy hinting will lose all that good stuff upon
being re-exported, so they'll look crappy on-screen.

From: Steven Craig Miller
> is it legal to combine such fonts for personal use?

For personal use, the only font house that prohibits any
modification in the absolute is Microsoft. As much as I
admire MS's font products, since I consider that sort of
prohibition to be unethical, I actually try to encourage
people to violate it. But *only* for personal use.

From: michaellynch
> I hope that somehow the climate and potential of
> such an effort as an update/upgrade becomes more
> favorable and financially viable.

Simple: move Fontographer development
to India, Russia or China. Or Armenia!  :-)

From: Delve Withrington
> a new "Sketch Mode" (similar to Ikarus)

Wazzat?

> seeing as how the PC version is not even
> out yet, you could be in for bit of a wait.

I thought their new policy has been
to release the Mac version first.

> I'm not sure if you'd save any Monet

Delve, it seems you're spending
way too much time in art galleries.

hhp