FontLab Forum

Feel free to talk about anything and everything that does not fit into the other categories.

Discussion about the FontLab.com website.

Discussion about this forum itself

Announcements from the forum’s moderators (read only).

Moderators: Yuri Yarmola (FontLab), Adam Twardoch (FontLab), Ted Harrison (FontLab), Der FontMeister (FontLab), Alex Petrov (FontLab), Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker

News from the font industry.

Professional font editor by FontLab. General discussion

Font editor for Desktop Publishing by FontLab. General discussion

Basic font editor by FontLab. All topics

High-end two-byte font editor by FontLab. All topics

Outline font converter by FontLab. All topics

Turn graphics into fonts, by FontLab. All topics

Turn images, logos and signatures into fonts, by FontLab. All topics

FONmaker, FontFlasher, FogLamp

Newsfeed from Fontlab Ltd. (reply only)

Professional bitmap font editor by FontLab. All topics

Enhance your web pages with custom fonts of your choice, by FontLab. All topics

The Photofont technology and the Photofont font format

Use photofonts in Adobe Photoshop

Use photofonts in Adobe InDesign

Use photofonts in QuarkXPress

Free Windows tool for testing of TrueType and OpenType fonts

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

Free Windows tool for adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts with TrueType outlines

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

Free Windows tool allowing Web authors create EOT font objects

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

Windows tool for graphical hinting of OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

Development of OpenType Layout features: theoretical principles and the use of FontLab Studio or Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO)

The art of type design, design styles, working methods

Hinting and screen quality of Type 1, TrueType and OpenType fonts

Technical structure of font formats (Type 1, TrueType, OpenType), font format specifications, low-level tools

Discussion about web font embedding technologies (EOT @font-face, OTF/TTF @font-face, sIFR etc.)

Font licensing, end-user license agreements (EULA), font distribution business models

Post info about available courses, training, lectures, tutorials, books on type design, font development, FontLab Studio, Fontographer, TypeTool etc.

Post requests for training in type design, font technology, FontLab Studio, Fontographer, TypeTool etc.

Post offers for work to be done in the field of type design or font technology.

Post here if you're available to take on work in the field of type design or font technology.

Typographic events and conferences worldwide.

Python scripting in FontLab Studio, TransType or RoboFab

Python-based opensource low-level OpenType font editor by Just van Rossum

Discussion about other 3rd party font-related tools

Set of free commandline applications for OpenType font development

Moderators: Paul Hunt (Adobe), Read Roberts (Adobe)

General discussion about the biblical fonts from SBL

Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker

Free commandline tools for Mac OS X for working with OpenType and TrueType font files, and AAT (Apple Advanced Typography)

Moderator: Tseng

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft Font Validator

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VOLT

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft WEFT

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VTT

Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)

The archive of the old MSN group for SBL Fonts

Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker

The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for FontLab Studio, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Fontographer, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for TypeTool, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for AsiaFont Studio, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for TransType, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for ScanFont, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for SigMaker, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for BitFonter, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont WebReady, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont WebReady, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont ID, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont QX, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for hinting and screen font optimization, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for font formats and OpenType, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for OpenType Layout feature development, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Web font embedding, from the FontLab team

Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for font licensing, from the FontLab team