Introducing FontLab 7: the pro font editor, evolved
FontLab 7 is a major upgrade to FontLab VI, arriving after a summer and autumn of concentrated work, with more than 250 new features, fixes, and improvements.
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FontLab Studio 5, Fontographer 5 and TypeTool 3 on macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS 10.15 Catalina drops all 32-bit app support, which means FontLab Studio 5, Fontographer 5, TypeTool 3, and BitFonter 3 for Mac will not run on it — and porting them to 64-bit is not feasible. If you are on Catalina, your options are CrossOver Mac 19 (run the Windows versions via a thin emulation layer), a virtual machine running an older macOS or Windows, or upgrading to the 64-bit FontLab 7.
Design space axes and multiple masters in FontLab VI
Variable fonts force you to think in multiple dimensions at once. This four-minute video shows exactly how to set up a design space with axes and masters in FontLab VI. It gives you a concise, visual introduction to the core concepts behind variable font production.
From sketch to font in minutes with built-in ScanFont
This two-minute demo of the built-in ScanFont feature has over 40,000 views. It earns that attention by showing something genuinely useful in record time. You scan or photograph hand-drawn letterforms, paste them into FontLab, and the software traces them into editable outlines.