Online Free Font Converter

• 1). Visit the Free Font Converter website (see Resources).
  
  
• 2). Click on the "Browse" button under "Select a file to convert." Navigate to the folder on your hard drive where the font file is located, and click on it, then click on the "Upload" or "Okay" button.
  
  
• 3). Click on the drop-down menu under "Select a format to convert to," and click on "otf (Open Type)" to select it.
  
  
• 4). Click on the big blue "Convert" button.
  
  

FogLamp

• 1). Purchase and download FogLamp from the FontLab website (see Resources).
  
  
• 2). Open the folder on your computer where your fonts are stored. In Windows, this is typically a folder called "Fonts" within the main "Windows" folder.
  
  
• 3). Start FogLamp and drag the font to the font conversion window on the top left.
  
  
• 4). Click on the "Browse" button on the bottom right to navigate to a "Destination Folder" where the converted font file will be stored.
  
  
• 5). Select the "Destination File Format" from the drop-down list at the bottom, select "OTF" by clicking on it, and click on the "Begin Conversion" button at the bottom right.
  
  

TransType Pro

• 1). Purchase and download TransType Pro (see Resources). TransType Pro can be used to convert a PC font to a Mac font, or a Mac font to a PC font.
  
  
• 2). Run TransType Pro. Click on the big red "+" button in the row of buttons on the bottom right of the TransType Pro window.
  
  
• 3). Navigate to the location folder of the font you want to convert, click on it to select it, and click on the "OK" button to add the font to the "Source" file pane on the upper left of the TransType Pro window. You will see the corresponding name and format for the converted file in the "Destination" pane on the upper-right part of the window.
  
  
• 4). Click on the drop-down arrow next to the font name in the Destination pane on the top right of the window. Select the style (normal, bold, italic) of the font and its Properties (family name, style name, etc.) if you want to change any of these, though the defaults are often adequate.
  
  
• 5). Click on the Convert Fonts button in the row of buttons on the bottom right. The Convert Fonts button has a red curved shape that looks like two overlapping curves, or a backward letter S. A list of folders will pop up; select the folder where you want the converted font file to be saved, and then click on the "OK" button and the font will be converted.