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FontLab is a complete, commercial quality font editor FontLab - Professional font editor : drawing, kerning, hinting.FontLab is a complete, commercial quality font editor. It imports/exports both TrueType and Type 1 fonts and edits both formats in their native form. Allows manual and automatic hinting and kerning. Can create multiple master fonts with up to 4 axes. Has extensive language and encoding support.Main features of FontLab:Import formats: PC/Mac Type 1, PC/Mac TrueType, EPS (Only the Mac version can import and export Mac format fonts), OpenType (both types), up to 64000 charactersExport Formats: PC/Mac Type 1, PC/Mac TrueType, EPS (Only the Mac version can import and export Mac format fonts), OpenType (both types), up to 6400 charactersTools: Draw, Erase, VectorPaint, Mirror, Composite, Set Startpoint, Interpolate, Envelope, Remove Overlap, Merge Contours, Subtract Contours, Snap to Guides, Check Connections, Nodes at Extremes, Meter, TrueType and Type 1 manual hinting, Undo (100+ levels), Sketch, Knife, Magic Wand, Rotate, Skew, Scale, Intersect ContoursFilters: Bold, Outline, Sidebearings Control, Scale, Slant, Rotate, Autohint, and many more -- all programmable and applicable font wide (You can program sequences of filters and apply them to any range of characters, including the whole font or set of fonts). Macro-based filters: Digital, Shadow, Bevel, Drops, Slices, MosaicWindows: Glyph, Font chart, Preview/Kerning/Metrics, Preview, OpenType, Classes, Map, Macro Editor, OpenType Sample, AnchorsEncoding: Unicode, Custom, ANSI, ASCII, and virtually all known codepages and encodings, Chinese, Japanese and Korean double-byte codepagesPrintouts: Character, Preview, Font Table, Kerning,Glyph Properties, Waterfall Preview.What's New in This Release:Autogeneration of basic OpenType features for T1 fonts.Level 2 and Level 3 EPS import/export - Makes it simple to exchange EPS files with the latest versions of Adobe Illustrator.Improved blend algorithm - inserts fewer points; can blend composites and even hints.MM-compatible Type1->TrueType conversion - speeds up creation of families of TrueType fonts.TrueType hinting of Multiple Master fonts - with correct interpolation of instructions where possible.Better user interface - smart panels in Macintosh version, expandable zoom panel in Windows version. Updated design of properties panel in both versions.Requirements of FontLab:CarbonLib for Classic.

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