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.
FontLab VI 6.1.4: open and export .glyphs files
FontLab VI 6.1.4 adds high-precision segment editing, a snapping Knife, smarter glyph deletion — and, the headline, the ability to open and export .glyphs files on both Mac and Windows.
Mac updates for FontLab Studio, TypeTool and Fontographer
We have released Mac updates for FontLab Studio 5 (5.1.6), TypeTool (3.1.3) and Fontographer (5.2.4), fixing font open/export and copy-paste problems on recent macOS releases.
FontLab VI 6.1.3: faster, more precise, more streamlined
FontLab VI 6.1.3 is faster and leaner — up to 2× quicker to open and save, using up to 40% less memory — with sharper editing, better class and feature handling, and Sketchboard text frames.
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.