Intel-native FontLab Studio 5.1 for Mac to arrive in July 2011

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

We are pleased to announce that Fontlab Ltd. will release an Intel-native FontLab Studio 5.1 for Mac OS X in July 2011. Currently, the application is undergoing internal testing, and beta versions will be issued to selected testers within the next week.

FontLab Studio 5.1 will be mainly a bugfix release and will be available free of charge to all users of FontLab Studio 5. It will not introduce new features but because it's Intel-native, users on Intel Macs will experience a significant increase in speed (up to 2.5x faster) and stability. Users who upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will secure an uninterrupted workflow.

Following the release of FontLab Studio 5.1, Fontlab Ltd. will publish TypeTool 3.1 for Mac OS X, a free update for all users of the popular TypeTool 3 font editor. This update will also make the application Intel-native.

Later this year, Fontlab Ltd. will introduce FontLab Studio 6 (for both Mac OS X and Windows) which will include a number of further improvements and several interesting new features.

Below is a small screenshot showing a development build of FontLab Studio 5.1 running as a Intel-native Mac application:



Stay tuned for more news from Fontlab Ltd.!

[jamespuckett]

 

[Mark Simonson]

Glad to know. iCloud-ready, too? (Just kidding.)

[Miguel Sousa (Adobe)]

What about the dependency on Python 2.3? Is that going to be fixed as well? Is Python 2.3 still available in Lion?

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

Miguel,

the plan is to link FontLab Studio 5.1 work with the "Current" Python Framework, whatever that will be. Certainly we don't want to link it to Python 2.3 anymore

[Dezcom]

Good thing I am borrowing to buy a new Mac this Summer ;-) I hope your 5.1 build it is really stable.

Oh, and, THANKS!!!!!

[yanone]

But there's one more feature that crippled the latest FontLab Studio for many years now: The FDK. Will it include 2.5?

[jamespuckett]

I second Yanone's question. FDK 2.5 would be hot.

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

I just checked the current development build: "sub a by a a;" works, "languagesystem DFLT dflt;" works. So it seems that AFDKO 2.5 is already built in

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

The FontLab Studio 5.1 for Mac OS X (Lion-compatible) BETA program starting this week. Register at http://bit.ly/fontlabbetaaplication if you're interested.

[Dezcom]

Adam,
I am currently using Mac OSX 10.4.11 but will be buying a new Mac with Lion in a couple of weeks (I saw your note about Lion).  I won't be able to beta test on my 10.4.11 since my Mac is a pre Intel G5.  I would be interested in testing on Lion when it arrives, though.

Regards,

Chris
AKA The Geezer with the Geezer Mac ;-)

[balsamiqMike]

Will there be a beta program for TypeTool as well?

Thanks.

[reddjam]

So... it's August 1st, any update when we can expect 5.1?

Jim

[David Somers]

Adam,

Can you provide more information on the changes planned for FLS6?

Reading between the lines, I assume it will be a paid-for upgrade.

Regards,
David

[tomatej]

Hello,
I´m wandering how does it look with new intel version?
I have upgraded too early to Lion and I have to call friends if I need to edit in fontlab  
Is it coming soon or shall I get myself some longer term temporary solution ?

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