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News and announcements

Announcements from the forum’s moderators 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), Michelle Perham (Microsoft), tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker	2 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Adam Twardoch (FontLab) in Beta versions of 2009 gl... on 2009-07-12, 15:09:52
News from the font industry News from the font industry.	6 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by rekk1986 in Re: Court rules against ... on 2010-01-28, 01:29:13
News from FontLab Newsfeed from Fontlab Ltd. (reply only)	2 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by trekulruna in Re: Photofont plugins fo... on 2010-01-19, 22:55:49

Type design and font technology

Principles of type design The art of type design, design styles, working methods	51 Posts 8 Topics	Last post by Luc[as] in Re: I'm confused. on 2010-02-08, 16:53:52
OpenType Layout feature development Development of OpenType Layout features: theoretical principles and the use of FontLab Studio or Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO)	84 Posts 22 Topics	Last post by Ahmad Osman in Re: White Gap In Arabic on Today at 03:10:35
Child Boards: Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO), Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT), OpenType Layout feature development FAQ and TechNotes
Hinting Hinting and screen quality of Type 1, TrueType and OpenType fonts	7 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by deniseweisley in Re: Font hinting for nar... on 2009-12-21, 09:43:40
Child Boards: Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT), Hinting FAQ and TechNotes
Font Formats and OpenType Technical structure of font formats (Type 1, TrueType, OpenType), font format specifications, low-level tools	28 Posts 11 Topics	Last post by AluminumHaste in dat fonts? on 2010-02-05, 14:38:13
Child Boards: Apple Font Tools, FontTools/TTX, Font Formats and OpenType FAQ and TechNotes
Web font embedding Discussion about web font embedding technologies (EOT @font-face, OTF/TTF @font-face, sIFR etc.)	9 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by andy_ameed in Re: How can I embed a Ch... on 2010-01-06, 14:14:16
Child Boards: Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT), Web font embedding FAQ and TechNotes
Font licensing Font licensing, end-user license agreements (EULA), font distribution business models	1 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by BobH in Re: EEULAA Editor on 2009-11-05, 06:50:56
Child Boards: Electronic EULA Abstract (EEULAA), Font licensing FAQ and TechNotes

Education and collaboration

Work: Offers Post offers for work to be done in the field of type design or font technology.	16 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by terenaam in Re: Font Conversion Job on 2010-02-03, 12:37:36
Work: Looking for Post here if you're available to take on work in the field of type design or font technology.	4 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by dash_ace17 in Re: I’m available… on 2009-11-20, 23:16:27
Education: Offers Post info about available courses, training, lectures, tutorials, books on type design, font development, FontLab Studio, Fontographer, TypeTool etc.	0 Posts 0 Topics
Education: Looking for Post requests for training in type design, font technology, FontLab Studio, Fontographer, TypeTool etc.	0 Posts 0 Topics
Typographic Events and Conferences Typographic events and conferences worldwide.	6 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by boyvcl in Re: Robothon 2009 confer... on 2010-02-03, 23:04:20

FontLab products

News from FontLab Newsfeed from Fontlab Ltd. (reply only)	2 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by trekulruna in Re: Photofont plugins fo... on 2010-01-19, 22:55:49
FontLab Studio Professional font editor by FontLab. General discussion	448 Posts 155 Topics	Last post by Ahmad Osman in What is it with the bad ... on 2010-02-06, 04:24:19
Child Boards: FontLab Studio Problems, FontLab Studio Tips and Tricks, FontLab Studio Wish List, OpenType Layout feature development, Hinting, Python scripting, FontLab Studio FAQ and TechNotes
Fontographer Font editor for Desktop Publishing by FontLab. General discussion	155 Posts 34 Topics	Last post by Shanafeg in Re: Will Fontographer in... on 2010-02-01, 16:10:12
Child Boards: Fontographer Problems, Fontographer Wish List, Fontographer FAQ and TechNotes
TypeTool Basic font editor by FontLab. All topics	175 Posts 53 Topics	Last post by Luc[as] in Re: Append glyphs is con... on 2010-02-05, 05:07:12
Child Boards: TypeTool FAQ and TechNotes
AsiaFont Studio High-end two-byte font editor by FontLab. All topics	29 Posts 15 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: "Nodes at Extremes" ... on 2010-01-19, 03:06:19
Child Boards: AsiaFont Studio FAQ and TechNotes
TransType Outline font converter by FontLab. All topics	98 Posts 30 Topics	Last post by drayon in Re: TransType Pro NEXT w... on 2010-01-14, 08:02:07
Child Boards: TransType FAQ and TechNotes
ScanFont Turn graphics into fonts, by FontLab. All topics	13 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: Scanfont; snow leopa... on 2009-11-24, 12:41:02
Child Boards: ScanFont FAQ and TechNotes
SigMaker Turn images, logos and signatures into fonts, by FontLab. All topics	10 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by wedding photographer in Re: What to purchase... on 2009-12-22, 10:27:10
Child Boards: SigMaker FAQ and TechNotes
Other Products FONmaker, FontFlasher, FogLamp	3 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by hindi-movie in Re: What’s the status of... on 2009-11-17, 06:34:11
Archive: Old FontLab forum The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products	5140 Posts 1694 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Migrating my group on 2009-01-10, 18:44:00
Child Boards: Archive: FontLab Tips and Tricks, Archive: FontLab Bugs and Problems, Archive: FontLab Wish List, Archive: FontLab Announcements

Photofont products

BitFonter Professional bitmap font editor by FontLab. All topics	37 Posts 11 Topics	Last post by emendelson in Re: Size error on import... on 2010-01-11, 08:57:43
Child Boards: BitFonter FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont WebReady Enhance your web pages with custom fonts of your choice, by FontLab. All topics	13 Posts 6 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: Availability? on 2010-02-02, 06:15:46
Child Boards: Photofont WebReady FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont Start Use photofonts in Adobe Photoshop	9 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: Small stones font at... on 2010-01-30, 07:17:24
Child Boards: Photofont Start FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont ID Use photofonts in Adobe InDesign	10 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by MEEfO in Re: Photofont ID on 2010-01-12, 12:00:59
Child Boards: Photofont ID FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont QX Use photofonts in QuarkXPress	0 Posts 0 Topics
Child Boards: Photofont QX FAQ and TechNotes
The Photofont technology The Photofont technology and the Photofont font format	1 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by bobm in Multiple images per glyp... on 2009-10-08, 13:39:02

Adobe Type products

	Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO) Set of free commandline applications for OpenType font development Moderators: Paul Hunt (Adobe), Read Roberts (Adobe)	56 Posts 19 Topics	Last post by Read Roberts (Adobe) in Re: How to implement Uni... on 2009-11-09, 02:09:48
	Child Boards: OpenType Layout feature development

Apple Font products

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

Moderators: Tseng, Pleomorph

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Microsoft Typography products

Microsoft Font Validator Free Windows tool for testing of TrueType and OpenType fonts Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	2 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Luc[as] in Problem running Cache TT... on 2010-01-12, 16:54:04
Child Boards: Archive: Old Microsoft Font Validator group
Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT) Free Windows tool for adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts with TrueType outlines Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	140 Posts 35 Topics	Last post by PixelFont in Re: unicode version 5.2 ... on 2010-02-08, 16:04:43
Child Boards: OpenType Layout feature development, Archive: Old Microsoft VOLT group
Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT) Free Windows tool allowing Web authors create EOT font objects Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	14 Posts 8 Topics	Last post by usrhlp in Re: Trying to Add fonts ... on 2010-02-05, 05:54:11
Child Boards: Web font embedding, Archive: Old Microsoft WEFT group
Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT) Windows tool for graphical hinting of OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	3 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by Michelle Perham (Microsoft) in Re: Function 77 for Clea... on 2010-02-05, 20:48:34
Child Boards: Hinting, Archive: Old Microsoft VTT group

Other products and Python scripting

Python scripting Python scripting in FontLab Studio, TransType or RoboFab	33 Posts 14 Topics	Last post by nanife in about the version you po... on 2009-12-15, 01:53:24
FontTools/TTX Python-based opensource low-level OpenType font editor by Just van Rossum	5 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by antigua in Re: building custom font... on 2010-01-19, 08:08:57
Other font-related tools Discussion about other 3rd party font-related tools	2 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Wowzera in Tool to create TTC fonts on 2009-07-25, 17:35:15

Special interest groups

	SBL Fonts General discussion about the biblical fonts from SBL Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker	8 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by friedmeister in Aleppo Codex / Aram Tzov... on 2010-01-23, 13:52:47
	Child Boards: SBL Hebrew, SBL Greek, SBL BibLit, Archive: Old SBL Fonts group

FAQ and TechNotes

	OpenType Layout feature development FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for OpenType Layout feature development, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Hinting FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for hinting and screen font optimization, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Font Formats and OpenType FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for font formats and OpenType, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Web font embedding FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Web font embedding, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Font licensing FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for font licensing, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	FontLab Studio FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for FontLab Studio, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Fontographer FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Fontographer, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	TypeTool FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for TypeTool, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	AsiaFont Studio FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for AsiaFont Studio, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	TransType FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for TransType, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	ScanFont FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for ScanFont, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	SigMaker FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for SigMaker, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	BitFonter FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for BitFonter, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Photofont WebReady FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont WebReady, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Photofont Start FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont WebReady, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Photofont ID FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont ID, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics
	Photofont QX FAQ and TechNotes Frequently Asked Questions and TechNotes for Photofont QX, from the FontLab team	0 Posts 0 Topics

Archive (MSN Groups)

Archive: Old FontLab forum The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products	5140 Posts 1694 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Migrating my group on 2009-01-10, 18:44:00
Child Boards: Archive: FontLab Tips and Tricks, Archive: FontLab Bugs and Problems, Archive: FontLab Wish List, Archive: FontLab Announcements
Archive: Old Microsoft Font Validator group The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft Font Validator Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	580 Posts 163 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: Forum is movin... on 2009-01-27, 17:38:00
Archive: Old Microsoft VOLT group The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VOLT Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	6963 Posts 1686 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: Arabic fonts on 2009-02-09, 06:59:00
Archive: Old Microsoft VTT group The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VTT Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	175 Posts 83 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: VTT sample fon... on 2007-05-05, 13:57:00
Child Boards: Archive: VTT Downloads, Archive: VTT Support, Archive: VTT Suggestions
Archive: Old Microsoft WEFT group The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft WEFT Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft), Michelle Perham (Microsoft)	2947 Posts 834 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: Forum is movin... on 2009-01-18, 16:04:00
Child Boards: Archive: WEFT III, Archive: EOT for Email
Archive: Old SBL Fonts group The archive of the old MSN group for SBL Fonts Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker	282 Posts 75 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Notice: SBL font user co... on 2009-02-08, 19:36:00
Child Boards: Archive: SBL Hebrew, Archive: SBL Greek

Various

fontlab.com — the FontLab website Discussion about the FontLab.com website.	8 Posts 5 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in MOVED: looking for cool ... on 2009-08-10, 07:16:56
forum.fontlab.com — this forum Discussion about this forum itself	31 Posts 10 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in MOVED: Custom Font Icon on 2010-01-29, 03:59:22
Other Topics Feel free to talk about anything and everything that does not fit into the other categories.	94 Posts 37 Topics	Last post by marthasp6s in Newbie here on 2010-01-28, 21:11:22

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