eiopk.blogg.se - Fontlab studio tutorial

Introducing FontLab Studio 5.1 for Mac OS X Free upgrade for all Windows users of FontLab Studio 5 and AsiaFont Studio. Introducing FontLab Studio 5.2 for WindowsĪpril 2013 FontLab Studio 5.2.1 for Windows with new features (create OpenType fonts with up to 65,535 glyphs, improved OpenType generation through FEA syntax 2.5, interpolated nodes, OpenType Layout features in Metrics Window, class kerning overlay preview, new Change Weight and Clean Up Paths operations, MM glyph blend preview, canvas notes, Python 2.7, improved user interface) and hundreds of bugfixes. Apply cool special effects to your fonts.ĭownload free 7-day trial for Mac and Windows or buy now at US$97 (upgrades just US$39.95). Create multi-color OpenType fonts from layered fonts or BitFonter Photofont files.

Fix and reorganize family naming problems automatically and through drag-and-drop. Convert virtually any font (including VFB and UFO) into modern OpenType PS (.otf)/TT (.ttf) fonts and web fonts. FontLab has a large number of options and modes, some of which can affect apparently unrelated tasks or functions, so this is an important area.Introducing TransType 4 for Mac OS X and Windowsĭecember 2013 TransType 4 for Mac and Windows, an easyĪpplication to convert, fix, organize and customize fonts.

Application configuration (options, modes) necessary for each task are included, either for manual setup or as part of the scripting.

Compatibility between versions of FontLab, Python and OS's are given, so a working combination can be assembled in every case.

(need to collate a list of tutorial examples)

That the material is presented in the appropriate sequence to achieve a given purpose.

That all the materials needed are in one place, so the reader doesn't have to trawl for fragmented info (i.e.

To give programmers who are not font designers an efficient tour of the APIs so they can write scripts for a font designer.

To give non-programming font designers a complete and efficient tutorial to get useful scripting work done.

Within the Python scripting chapter, the aim is to support two learning paths:

FontLab supports a large range of features and font formats, so the potential scope of this book is correspondingly large.

Therefore this book aims to document complete and efficient howto info on all aspects of FontLab usage in production of modern fonts.The initial goal was to cover just Python scripting, but this draws on font design and production techniques, so they need a place too.This book is about using FontLab and FontLab Studio, the Font creation tools from FontLab for both Mac and Windows.