Installing FontForge under Windows :

The installation of FontForge on Windows is fastidious and you must be patient.
It runs on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, latest versions of Windows, but we can still use it on Windows 95 and Windows 98 (it is a little different approach).

Step 1 : Installing Cygwin

Before installing FontForge on your computer, you must already install the emulator Cygwin which allows you to create a Unix environment on Windows.For download Cygwin, click here and recover the installation program of Cygwin : setup.exe.

Generally, most of what you need you get by default. But you must explicitly request X11 and the libraries:
- X-startup-scripts
- XFree86-lib-compat
- xorg-x11-base
- xorg-x11-bin
- xorg-x11-dlls
- xorg-x11-lndir
- xorg-x11-etc
- xorg-x11-f100
- xorg-x11-libs-data
I tested many servers, I advise you to take ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de (Germany) or ftp.heanet.ie (Irland).Now, you must select the packages you want setup to install.Cygwin_packages.jpg
The easiest is to keep all packages (we are sure to have all the components but the installation will be a little long) : click on Default, Install appears.
cygwin_install.jpg

Step 2 : Download FontForgeGo to  the official website FontForge.Click Download FontForge.

You thought it was finished ? Well, no !If you want to run fontforge, go to C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin and run startxwin application (create a shortcut on the desktop) startwin.jpgIn the application window, type :
$twm & fontforge -newfontforge_start_en.jpg

FontForge is launched !
fontforge_2.jpg

Attention, for older versions of Windows, I have not tested it, so if you have already done, please, do not hesitate to share it in order to update this tutorial! And if with previous indications Fontforge don't start, according to the official website you must : start cygwin and type :
- $xinitThen repeat the previous instructions with startwin.Well, it is the end of this tutorial, after this installation, if you want to restart FontForge, run startwin and type :
$fontforge -new

Good installation !

PostScript : This installation was made under Windows XP. Cygwin can also be used with Vista, therefore, a priori, FontForge can run on Vista !

Thanks Enigmatux! I'm downloading FontForge right now!

Yeah thanks from me too!!!

Ugh, I can't believe how confusing this stuff is. I've never touched Linux before, so I didn't really understand how to get the "libraries" or whatever that were mentioned on the official FontForge site. Their tutorial seemed to expect people to know a thing or two about Linux... We Windows users literally need to be carried every step of the way for something like this. I'm currently attempting to install every Cygwin package thing, but it looks like it'll take several hours. Your tutorial is still pretty vague for someone like me, but it seems a little bit better than the one on the official site...
 
 
edit: I don't have a startxwin application... I downloaded/installed everything... bah, guess I'm on my own.

Dear Enigmatux,
I am in step 2,
here:
'You thought it was finished ? Well, no !If you want to run fontforge, go to C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin and run startxwin application (create a shortcut on the desktop) startwin.jpgIn the application window, type :'
I cannot see the startxwin app in that \bin folder.
 
Found one in the C:\cygwin\bin folder but that gives some automatic 'unable to run' message and closes after some seconds.
 
I try to run fontforge on Windows Vista Home Premium.
Thank you to get me this far, would be nice if you could help further.
Cheers, Lieven
 

Im lazy and haven't had enough time for such things, so I just installed VM VirtualBox (oracle) and installed ubuntu as a virtual system.
Cygwin surely is faster, smaller and so on... Have to beg my boss for a new Computer, this one is like    when I give half of the memory to ubuntu (both systems).
 
If you are not as lazy as me, try the stuff above. If it doesn't work this is the emergency-solution. Why aren't there free programs like fontforge for windows?.
 
Please notice: Installing virtalBox/ubuntu probably isn't faster but you can do other stuff while the installation goes on.

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