William,

Try these additional steps http://typophile.com/node/43848#comment-270759

The next version of the AFDKO should have this fixed.

Those instructions should work. This is a unix-y error in the shell indicating that bash doesn't know about the "autohint" program. The shell keeps track of directories of programs it will run without specifying the full location. In unix parlance people refer to this as the "path". So one might say that the "autohint" program is not "in your path".

Thanks Miguel, I'll try that.

I just found out there is something wrong with the graphics card on my 3 week old machine, so it is being replaced :( So I won't get to try this till I get the machine back on Friday. I'll let you know how it works.

Dear Miguel
I am trying to install AFDKO and I can do it really easy with the
AFDKO command-line tools. But I get the following message when I try to install the
AFDKO FontLab macros:

Failed to copy file /Applications/tipografia/FDK/Tools/SharedData/FDKScripts/plistlib.py to /Users/daro/Library/Application Support/FontLab/Studio 5/Macros/System/Modules/plistlib.py.
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/daro/Library/Application Support/FontLab/Studio 5/Macros/System/Modules/plistlib.py'

The only thing I've changed is in terminal, instead of dragging the FDK folder, I dragged the Fontlab folder (FDK/Tools/Fontlab) because I get an error message if I drag the FDK one.

Do you have any idea about how can i fix it?

thanks very much for your help, dario
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Tipo . fundidora de tipos digitales | digital type foundry

Hi Dario, are you following the steps described at AFDKO ?

To install the FontLab macros you need to run a command that looks something like this:
python installFontLabMacros.py /Users/(your_username)/Library/Application Support/FontLab/Studio 5/Macros

The video at http://blip.tv/file/1908888 will also provide some help to get things installed.

Miguel, at long last I have got the AFDKO FontLab macros installed. But now when I run it it chops up my glyphs leaving behind messages in the record saying "element at [coordinates to coordinates] split."

Am I doing something wrong?

FontLab's autohinter does execute without causing such problems.

What macro are you using? The Auto-hint? If so, check its options (instructions at http://typophile.com/node/53445)

Yes, I was using the Auto-hint. The info in your link was what I needed. Whoopee! it works now. Thanks.