Fontographer fontlab windows#

Automatically clean up and optimize outline drawings, balance segments and modify curve tension, harmonize G2 curvature, create and remove overlapping paths, apply non-destructive ink traps and rounded corners.

Preview complex-script shaping and OpenType features with the genuine HarfBuzz world-ready shaper.įind and fix outline problems with FontAudit.

Fontographer fontlab windows#

Preview Windows screen rendering with built-in genuine Microsoft ClearType, even on the Mac. Print a glyph map from the Font window words, phrases and texts from the Glyph window waterfalls and masters from the Preview panel. Use Preview panel to view current and custom text in current, all or visible masters, waterfalls, composites and anchor groups. Preview interpolation live with sliders, variations map and play/pause buttons. Families & Variationīlend, interpolate and extrapolate fonts, create intermediate weights and styles, build extensive font families and variable OpenType PS & TT fonts with intermediate font and glyph masters, conditional glyph substitutions, and automatic masters matching for point-compatible outlines. Audit kerning to find combinations that produce visual conflicts. Kern between classes and glyphs in a UFO- and OpenType-compatible way, with exceptions. Automatically calculate metrics and kerning, or use autokerning suggestions as you kern manually. Apply tracking, modify widths, sidebearings and kerning globally or for selected glyphs.Īutomatically or manually build kerning classes and link metrics between glyphs using complex expressions. Space entire phrases and kern according to planned pair lists. Use Auto layers to build predefined glyphs and keep them automatically updated.

Build & Assembleīuild glyphs from Components that point to other glyphs, or from Element References that cross-reference each other and can be edited anywhere they appear.ĭecompose a component and unlink a reference to make local changes only. Work on a purely integer grid, or scale, rotate and slant losslessly thanks to FontLab’s fractional drawing precision and live integer rounding, apply the rounding to bake in the integers. See lengths, angles, curve tension, stem thickness, whitespace distance - measured numerically and visually as you draw. Use upright and slanted grids, flexible guidelines, snapping suggestions and live measurement tools for consistent and precise vector drawing.ĭynamically snap to nodes, angles, stem distances, continuation lines, perpendicular lines and centerlines as you draw. Drag without zooming in for small adjustments with Lever precision dragging.Ĭonvert between the curve types with adjustable precision. Natively edit cubic PostScript Bézier curves and quadratic TrueType curves, including overlapping open paths, using the Contour, Knife, Scissors and Fill tools.ĭrag some nodes and have other nodes or handles follow intelligently with Power Nudge and handle Nudge. Turn them into monochrome fonts via customizable autotracing, or into color OpenType fonts.

Paste and import PDF, EPS & SVG vector artwork with monochrome, color or gradient fills and strokes, as well as scanned character sets or color bitmap glyphs.

Modulate thickness visually with new Thickness tool. Draft & Drawĭraw outline-based glyphs using the Brush, Pencil, Rapid, Pen, Ellipse / Oval, Rectangle / Polygon / Star tools, in a purely- integer or fractional coordinate space.ĭraw calligraphic letterforms with live, adjustable Power Stroke and Power Brush tools. Work with blazing speed with even most complex contours thanks to FontLab’s optimized architecture.Ĭustomize FontLab’s interface to your needs, and easily navigate it with the intuitive Quick Help system: hover and hold F1.