FontLab for Mac
Create your own fonts or edit existing fonts (was FontLab Studio).
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FontLab overview
With FontLab (was FontLab Studio), you can create, open, modify, draw, space, kern, hint, and export desktop, web, color, and variable fonts. It is an all-around font editor, but also supports data interchange with other font creation tools, making it easy to integrate into your existing workflows. FontLab brought in the best of their classic apps, FontLab Studio and Fontographer, including many familiar keyboard FontLab shortcuts. But they reconsidered and streamlined every function.
FontLab VI also gives you groundbreaking new drawing tools and responsive contour operations to make your design process easier and more efficient, whether you’re an expert or a beginner. FontLab now supports color and variability, so you can explore these new possibilities and expand your creative reach.
Formats
- Open and export:
- OpenType-PS/CFF (OTF)
- OpenType TT / TrueType (TTF)
- Variable OpenType TT (TTF+gvar)
- Color OpenType (TTF+SVG, +COLR, +CBDT, +sbix)
- PostScript Type 1 (PFB/PFA)
- Web fonts (WOFF2, WOFF, EOT)
- FontLab (VFB, VFC, VFJ)
- UFO
- designSpace
- Import only:
- BitFonter Photofont (PHF+PNG, +SVG)
- Fontographer (FOG)
- Glyphs
- Ikarus
- and any of the above in ZIP files
What’s new in version 8.0.1
- Sketch smoother curves with new Soft Brush and Soft Pencil sub-tools.
- Sketch even smoother curves and simple geometric shapes with new Smart Pencil sub-tool.
- Choose how the Pen tool works with Preview next segment toolbox toggle.
- Easily Slide nodes and perform Harmonized drag with Contour toolbox.
- Slant contours or elements vertically with Transform panel.
- Specify slant and rotation angles with higher fractional precision.
- Apply Stroke properties to selected elements.
- Round fractional coordinates in selected nodes.
- Replace a segment or the gap between the start and end node with a corner.
- Equalize handle angles with Suggest handles.
- Enjoy improvements to the Delta filter.
Full list of changes available here
FontLab for Mac
$499.00
In English
Version 8.0.1
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User Ratings
Mar 24 2024
Version: 8.0.1
Fantastic software! I'm a total amateur and, nevertheless, was able to make my own font, just for fun, of my own handwriting (writing on paper, taking a picture, converting it into SVG shapes, pasting them into Fontlab and making adjustments). Fontlab is quite complex for an amateur, you won't need most of the things it has, but, again, it's possible to have fun with it.
Jun 13 2023
Version: 8.0.1
Got excited all for nothing. Hoping it was an update to fix some annoying bugs and maybe become a silicon app. But no, 8.0.1 come out in August 2022.
Jun 12 2023
Version: 8.0.1
Hopefully this gets updated soon for Apple Silicon Macs.
Jun 10 2023
Version: 7.1.4
FontLab 8.0.1 is the current version, dated August 22, 2022. "Works on macOS 13 Ventura (Intel and Apple Silicon), 12 Monterey, 11 Big Sur, 10.15 Catalina, 10.14 Mojave. Limited functionality on macOS 10.13 High Sierra." There is a downloadable 10-day demo if you provide your email address. PRICING: Pro license is $499. Subscription license is $97 / 3 months. There is also student discount pricing. SEE: https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab/
Apr 2 2019
Version: 6.1.3
This application is top-notch: supports many font formats for import and export, the edit/drawing tools are refined and easy to use, and the developers are very responsive. Add to that a generous upgrade path, and FontLab VI is one of my favorite applications of all time.
