Discussion and announcements about the FontLab 8 font editor. Use our support portal to report bugs and get support.
Discussion and announcements about the FontLab 7 font editor. Use our support portal to report bugs and get support.
Discussion and announcements about the FontLab VI font editor. Use our support portal to report bugs and get support.
This board is for discussing the Python scripting support within FontLab 8, 7 and VI.
Discussion about UFO support in FontLab 7, TransType and the vfb2ufo commandline utility.
Professional font editor by FontLab. General discussion
Font editor for Desktop Publishing by FontLab. General discussion
Basic font editor by FontLab. All topics
Outline font converter by FontLab. All topics
Professional bitmap font editor by FontLab. All topics
Free color font typesetter by FontLab. All topics.
High-end two-byte font editor by FontLab. All topics
Turn graphics into fonts, by FontLab. All topics
Turn images, logos and signatures into fonts, by FontLab. All topics
The art of type design, design styles, working methods
Development of OpenType Layout features: theoretical principles and the use of FontLab Studio or Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO)
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.)
Discussion about webinars and videos published by FontLab
Moderators: Adam Twardoch (FontLab), Der FontMeister (FontLab), Alex Petrov (FontLab)
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.
Set of free commandline applications for OpenType font development
Moderators: Paul Hunt (Adobe), Read Roberts (Adobe)
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
Free Windows tool allowing Web authors create EOT font objects
Windows tool for graphical hinting of OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines
Python scripting in FontLab Studio, TransType or RoboFab
Discussion about other 3rd party font-related tools
General discussion about the biblical fonts from SBL
Moderators: tiro_hudson, sbl_hooker
Discussion about shortcomings and limitations of the UFO format and suggestions how to correct the problems or extend the format using "custom" data.
Discussion on "font build profiles", a mechanism for a unified way to produce fonts, from source files to final font files.
The archive of the old MSN board for FontLab products
The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft Font Validator
The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VOLT
The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft VTT
The archive of the old MSN group for Microsoft WEFT
The archive of the old MSN group for SBL Fonts
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.
Discussion about the FontLab.com website.
Discussion about this forum itself
Feel free to talk about anything and everything that does not fit into the other categories.
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