FontLab 7

Discussion and announcements about the FontLab 7 font editor. Use our support portal to report bugs and get support.

FontLab VI

Discussion and announcements about the FontLab VI font editor. Use our support portal to report bugs and get support.

FontLab 7: Python scripting

This board is for discussing the Python scripting support within FontLab VI.

UFO support

Discussion about UFO support in FontLab 7, TransType and the vfb2ufo commandline utility.

FontLab Studio 5

Professional font editor by FontLab. General discussion

Fontographer

Font editor for Desktop Publishing by FontLab. General discussion

TypeTool

Basic font editor by FontLab. All topics

TransType

Outline font converter by FontLab. All topics

BitFonter

Professional bitmap font editor by FontLab. All topics

FontLab Pad

Free color font typesetter by FontLab. All topics.

AsiaFont Studio

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

ScanFont

Turn graphics into fonts, by FontLab. All topics

SigMaker

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

Principles of type design

The art of type design, design styles, working methods

OpenType Layout feature development

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

Hinting

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

Font Formats and OpenType

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

Web font embedding

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

FontLab Webinars and Videos

Discussion about webinars and videos published by FontLab

Moderators: Adam Twardoch (FontLab), Der FontMeister (FontLab), Alex Petrov (FontLab)

Work: Offers

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

Work: Looking for

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

Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO)

Set of free commandline applications for OpenType font development

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

Microsoft Font Validator

Free Windows tool for testing of TrueType and OpenType fonts

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

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)

Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT)

Free Windows tool allowing Web authors create EOT font objects

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

Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT)

Windows tool for graphical hinting of OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines

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

Python scripting

Python scripting in FontLab Studio, TransType or RoboFab

Other font-related tools

Discussion about other 3rd party font-related tools

SBL Fonts

General discussion about the biblical fonts from SBL

Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker

Extending UFO

Discussion about shortcomings and limitations of the UFO format and suggestions how to correct the problems or extend the format using "custom" data.

[sfntmake] Font build profiles

Discussion on "font build profiles", a mechanism for a unified way to produce fonts, from source files to final font files.

Archive: Old FontLab forum

The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products

Archive: Old Microsoft Font Validator group

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft Font Validator

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

Archive: Old Microsoft VOLT group

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VOLT

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

Archive: Old Microsoft VTT group

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VTT

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

Archive: Old Microsoft WEFT group

The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft WEFT

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

Archive: Old SBL Fonts group

The archive of the old MSN group for SBL Fonts

Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker

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

News from the font industry

News from the font industry.

fontlab.com — the FontLab website

Discussion about the FontLab.com website.

forum.fontlab.com — this forum

Discussion about this forum itself

Other Topics

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