FontLab 5.0.2 review
DownloadFontLab - Professional font editor : drawing, kerning, hinting.
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FontLab - Professional font editor : drawing, kerning, hinting.
FontLab is a complete, commercial quality font editor. It imports/exports both TrueType and Type 1 fonts and edits both formats in their native form. Allows manual and automatic hinting and kerning. Can create multiple master fonts with up to 4 axes. Has extensive language and encoding support.
Here are some key features of "FontLab":
Import formats: PC/Mac Type 1, PC/Mac TrueType, EPS (Only the Mac version can import and export Mac format fonts), OpenType (both types), up to 64 characters
Export Formats: PC/Mac Type 1, PC/Mac TrueType, EPS (Only the Mac version can import and export Mac format fonts), OpenType (both types), up to 6400 characters
Tools: Draw, Erase, VectorPaint, Mirror, Composite, Set Startpoint, Interpolate, Envelope, Remove Overlap, Merge Contours, Subtract Contours, Snap to Guides, Check Connections, Nodes at Extremes, Meter, TrueType and Type 1 manual hinting, Undo (100+ levels), Sketch, Knife, Magic Wand, Rotate, Skew, Scale, Intersect Contours
Filters: Bold, Outline, Sidebearings Control, Scale, Slant, Rotate, Autohint, and many more -- all programmable and applicable font wide (You can program sequences of filters and apply them to any range of characters, including the whole font or set of fonts). Macro-based filters: Digital, Shadow, Bevel, Drops, Slices, Mosaic
Windows: Glyph, Font chart, Preview/Kerning/Metrics, Preview, OpenType, Classes, Map, Macro Editor, OpenType Sample, Anchors
Encoding: Unicode, Custom, ANSI, ASCII, and virtually all known codepages and encodings, Chinese, Japanese and Korean double-byte codepages
Printouts: Character, Preview, Font Table, Kerning,Glyph Properties, Waterfall Preview.
What's New:
Autogeneration of basic OpenType features for T1 fonts.
Level 2 and Level 3 EPS import/export - Makes it simple to exchange EPS files with the latest versions of Adobe® Illustrator®.
Improved blend algorithm - inserts fewer points; can blend composites and even hints.
MM-compatible Type1->TrueType conversion - speeds up creation of families of TrueType fonts.
TrueType hinting of Multiple Master fonts - with correct interpolation of instructions where possible.
Better user interface - smart panels in Macintosh version, expandable zoom panel in Windows version. Updated design of properties panel in both versions.
Requirements:
CarbonLib for Classic.
FontLab 5.0.2 keywords