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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), 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.	9 Posts 5 Topics	Last post by pkdigital in ‘Sendai’ 6 Weight Typefa... on 2010-12-01, 10:12:30
News from FontLab Newsfeed from Fontlab Ltd. (reply only)	3 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Ted Harrison (FontLab) in Fontographer 5 released on 2010-06-18, 13:33:06

Type design and font technology

Principles of type design The art of type design, design styles, working methods	83 Posts 21 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: Trouble with solid c... on 2012-01-23, 10:41:15
OpenType Layout feature development Development of OpenType Layout features: theoretical principles and the use of FontLab Studio or Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO)	135 Posts 41 Topics	Last post by Dezcom in Apple Lion InD 5.5 odd f... on 2011-08-25, 14:33:07
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	29 Posts 12 Topics	Last post by RamiroEspinoza in Re: (New) tutorials/book... on 2012-01-04, 01:38:58
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	57 Posts 23 Topics	Last post by Del in Width of Emdash & Endash... on 2011-12-28, 09:38:59
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.)	12 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by sylvain in embedded Arabic font on 2010-10-15, 11:40:49
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.	21 Posts 12 Topics	Last post by larryapple in Courier interline spacin... on 2011-09-21, 13:57:38
Work: Looking for Post here if you're available to take on work in the field of type design or font technology.	2 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by bestoutsourcingpartners in Hi on 2011-02-28, 23:47:13
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.	1 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by hdevogt in Looking for Expert help ... on 2011-04-11, 16:18:56
Typographic Events and Conferences Typographic events and conferences worldwide.	7 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by Elanor99 in Re: Robothon 2009 confer... on 2010-09-08, 07:22:21

FontLab products

News from FontLab Newsfeed from Fontlab Ltd. (reply only)	3 Posts 2 Topics	Last post by Ted Harrison (FontLab) in Fontographer 5 released on 2010-06-18, 13:33:06
FontLab Studio Professional font editor by FontLab. General discussion	584 Posts 204 Topics	Last post by mickt in lower case, capitals and... on 2012-01-18, 22:53:07
Child Boards: FontLab Studio Problems, FontLab Studio Tips and Tricks, FontLab Studio Wish List, FontLab Studio Public Preview, OpenType Layout feature development, Hinting, Python scripting, FontLab Studio FAQ and TechNotes
Fontographer Font editor for Desktop Publishing by FontLab. General discussion	261 Posts 65 Topics	Last post by Steve M in Re: Fontographer 5 in Ap... on 2012-01-23, 10:40:40
Child Boards: Fontographer Problems, Fontographer Wish List, Fontographer FAQ and TechNotes
TypeTool Basic font editor by FontLab. All topics	231 Posts 79 Topics	Last post by leavesofjoy in Re: Copy from Illustrato... on 2011-12-28, 00:48:58
Child Boards: TypeTool FAQ and TechNotes
AsiaFont Studio High-end two-byte font editor by FontLab. All topics	32 Posts 16 Topics	Last post by ejj in Python Access to Embedde... on 2010-03-23, 10:11:33
Child Boards: AsiaFont Studio FAQ and TechNotes
TransType Outline font converter by FontLab. All topics	120 Posts 35 Topics	Last post by Freezystem in Transtype is failing at ... on 2012-01-12, 04:43:54
Child Boards: TransType FAQ and TechNotes
ScanFont Turn graphics into fonts, by FontLab. All topics	31 Posts 10 Topics	Last post by jgowrie in Using the WINE version o... on 2012-01-21, 10:45:32
Child Boards: ScanFont FAQ and TechNotes
SigMaker Turn images, logos and signatures into fonts, by FontLab. All topics	21 Posts 7 Topics	Last post by Evertype in SigMaker and Lion on 2011-07-30, 10:24:46
Child Boards: SigMaker FAQ and TechNotes
Other Products FONmaker, FontFlasher, FogLamp	6 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by Evertype in FogLamp and Lion on 2011-07-30, 10:27:09
Archive: Old FontLab forum The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products	5138 Posts 1694 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Moving the forum to http... on 2009-01-10, 01:24:00
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	62 Posts 18 Topics	Last post by Alex Petrov (FontLab) in Re: Bitfonter discount? on 2011-08-04, 07:07:31
Child Boards: BitFonter FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont WebReady Enhance your web pages with custom fonts of your choice, by FontLab. All topics	16 Posts 6 Topics	Last post by tdiaz in Re: Availability? on 2011-09-13, 12:40:54
Child Boards: Photofont WebReady FAQ and TechNotes
Photofont Start Use photofonts in Adobe Photoshop	12 Posts 5 Topics	Last post by solconascensores in Re: Photofont Start in P... on 2011-05-20, 14:56:39
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)	87 Posts 29 Topics	Last post by RamiroEspinoza in Re: Bug in autohint-scri... on 2012-01-05, 13:37:06
	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)

Moderator: Tseng

3 Posts
2 Topics

Last post by Tseng
in Update to Apple's font t...
on 2011-10-11, 16:36:06

Microsoft Typography products

Microsoft Font Validator Free Windows tool for testing of TrueType and OpenType fonts Moderators: Sergey Malkin (Microsoft), Si Daniels (Microsoft)	13 Posts 7 Topics	Last post by Luc[as] in Re: Locale bug (error E0... on 2012-01-17, 15:47:57
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)	234 Posts 60 Topics	Last post by Nanach in Re: Guttman Vilna sample... on 2011-12-25, 22:33:09
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)	14 Posts 8 Topics	Last post by ebeautystore in Re: Font Embedding taken... on 2010-07-01, 19:21:18
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)	7 Posts 3 Topics	Last post by Claus Eggers Sørensen in Re: [Version 4.4] Prepar... on 2011-10-03, 08:41:05
Child Boards: Hinting, Archive: Old Microsoft VTT group

Other products and Python scripting

Python scripting Python scripting in FontLab Studio, TransType or RoboFab	128 Posts 39 Topics	Last post by typeterrance in Re: [Instructions] Insta... on 2012-01-21, 20:46:18
FontTools/TTX Python-based opensource low-level OpenType font editor by Just van Rossum	8 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by Arno Enslin in Re: making TTX 2.3 work ... on 2011-01-25, 05:46:43
Other font-related tools Discussion about other 3rd party font-related tools	7 Posts 4 Topics	Last post by BobH in CacheTT giving "width ov... on 2011-07-12, 14:12:03

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 Adam Twardoch (FontLab) in Re: Preliminary alternat... on 2011-10-13, 01:33:23
	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	1 Posts 1 Topics	Last post by Adam Twardoch (FontLab) in FEA 2.5 vs. 1.6: "langua... on 2011-10-21, 22:39:34
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	5138 Posts 1694 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Moving the forum to http... on 2009-01-10, 01:24:00
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)	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)	6962 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)	175 Posts 83 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: VTT 4.2.1 upda... on 2006-06-07, 21:26:00
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)	2947 Posts 834 Topics	Last post by ArchivePoster in Re: Increasing fon... on 2008-10-10, 08:26:00
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 Re: InDesign CS4 p... on 2008-12-11, 19:55:00
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	32 Posts 11 Topics	Last post by sisrivas in Fontlab 4.5: Installing ... on 2011-01-05, 17:59:20
Other Topics Feel free to talk about anything and everything that does not fit into the other categories.	113 Posts 46 Topics	Last post by cultivatedmind in New Fonts Released - "He... on 2012-01-19, 13:36:40

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