TTX 2.0 for Windows ------------------------- Creating a Windows (9x/ME/NT/2000/XP) setup executable for TTX This file has been created by Adam Twardoch December 14, 2004 Pre-compiled versions are hosted at http://www.font.org/software/ttx/ APPROACH I: Using py2exe and InnoSetup 1. Install Python 2.3 for Windows: http://www.python.org/ 2. Install py2exe: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/ 3. Install InnoSetup 4: http://www.jrsoftware.org/ 4. Download the latest released source code of TTX/FontTools at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fonttools/ Or alternatively grab the sources from the VCS: http://fonttools.sourceforge.net/ 5. Unzip the source code of TTX/FontTools into a folder. 6. In the folder where you unzipped TTX/FontTools, type: python setup.py py2exe --icon Windows\ttx.ico --packages encodings 7. Run Inno Setup and open Windows\fonttools-win-setup.iss 8. In Inno Setup, select File/Compile, then Run/Run. APPROACH II: Using McMillan Installer and InnoSetup 1. Install Python 2.3 for Windows: http://www.python.org/ 2. Download and unpack McMillan installer: http://py.vaults.ca/apyllo2.py/22208368 and put the Installer folder into your Python folder, e.g. C:\Python23\Installer 3. Install InnoSetup 4: http://www.jrsoftware.org/ 4. Install Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ 5. Put UPX somewhere within your PATH: http://upx.sourceforge.net/ 6. Download the latest released source code of TTX/FontTools at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fonttools/ Or alternatively grab the sources from the VCS: http://fonttools.sourceforge.net/ 7. Unzip the source code of TTX/FontTools into a folder. 8. In the folder where you unzipped TTX/FontTools, type: python setup.py install -f 9. Edit mcmillan.bat so the paths in the file correspond to the paths in your system, and run it. 10.Run Inno Setup and open Windows\fonttools-win-setup.iss 11.In Inno Setup, select File/Compile, then Run/Run. The distributable TTX Windows setup executable has been saved in the Output subfolder of the FontTools\Windows folder. For information on running TTX on Windows, see fonttools-win-setup.txt in this folder.