> I would like to use some of the symbols that were included in version 3 in
> version 12. Are these in an old font file type that is no longer used(wfn)?
> The files are on the 3.0 cd I have, but I can't import them as a font as
> they aren't a recognized file type.
>
> Any help or information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Bill T
>
>
>

> All of the symbol fonts included in Version 3 have also been included
> in every version since then, as truetype and in more recent versions
> in both truetype and type1. In Corel Draw 12, they're on CD #2, in
>
> Extra Fonts\Symbols\TTF
> and
> Extra Fonts\Symbols\Type1
> Corel Draw 1.1 and possibly Ver 2 included a utility, WFNBoss, that
> let you convert a variety of font formats TO Corel's .wfn. I'm pretty
> sure that by version 3 all the supplied fonts were in Truetype,
> although there are some truetype fonts that Windows XP and Vista
> reject because they don't adequately comply with the font
> specifications. Or you may just have corrupted files. They're easily
> fixed by opening them in almost any font creation program and just
> re-saving them.
>
> - Kor-El

>

>> All of the symbol fonts included in Version 3 have also been included
>> in every version...

> An article on the Internet says Corel version 2 had the Wfnboss utility that can
> convert the fonts into postscript type 1 fonts. I tried to find a download to no
> avail. I have Corel 3, but alas not 2.
>

>Kor-El wrote:

>> MSauer wrote:
>>
>> An article on the Internet says Corel version 2 had the Wfnboss
>> utility that can convert the fonts into postscript type 1 fonts. I
>> tried to find a download to no avail. I have Corel 3, but alas not 2.

>
> Here's a downloadable Corel Version 2. But I ask WHY would you want to
> convert them again? They're ALL readily available as TT and/or T1 in
> every subsequent edition of Corel Draw, and those older versions of
> the fonts were, to put it mildly, imperfect.

> I just checked my v3 CD and the symbols are indeed in WFN format only.
> There's a "symbol" TT font, but it's greek/math symbols. I'd LOVE to
> find a way to convert these v3 symbols WFNs to something I could use in
> v9, if anyone knows how. Whether font or graphic is no matter, as long
> as they can be loaded.

> Len Philpot wrote:
>

>> I just checked my v3 CD and the symbols are indeed in WFN format
>> only. There's a "symbol" TT font, but it's greek/math symbols. I'd
>> LOVE to find a way to convert these v3 symbols WFNs to something I
>> could use in v9, if anyone knows how. Whether font or graphic is no
>> matter, as long as they can be loaded.
>>

> Yes, you're right about V3. The text fonts are ttf but the symbols
> were still wfn.
>
> But they're on the CD for V9 and just about every other version.
> Usually in a separate Symbols folder, with subfolders for T1 and TT.

> I would like to use some of the symbols that were included in version 3 in
> version 12. Are these in an old font file type that is no longer used(wfn)?
> The files are on the 3.0 cd I have, but I can't import them as a font as
> they aren't a recognized file type.
>
> Any help or information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Bill T
>
>
>