Fontographer 5.0
Год выпуска: 2010
Версия: 5.0
Разработчик: FontLab
Платформа: PPC/Intel universal
Системные требования: Intel- or PowerPC-based Mac computer with 64 MB RAM and a hard drive. Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Fontographer 5 for Mac is a 32-bit universal binary application.
Язык интерфейса: только английский
Таблэтка: Присутствует
Описание: Fontographer 5 предлагает своим пользователям полный набор инструментов как для написания шрифтов с нуля, так и редактирования уже имеющихся. При этом в активе поддержка форматов Type 1, TrueType, OpenType и Type 3, что практически не ограничивает вашу свободу выбора.
Также стоит отметить функции анализа и редактирования кодировок шрифтов, панель настройки всех параметров, редактирование метрики, автоматическое улучшение начертания символов и многое другое.
Доп. информация:
Main Features
* Open and generate Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, Type 3 and Multiple Master fonts
* Exchange working files with FontLab Studio, TypeTool or ScanFont using the FontLab VFB format
* Copy-paste or import outline artwork or bitmap images (with customizable autotracing)
* View all of your font’s characters in the Font Window
* Examine or modify the font encoding
* Design or change any character in the Glyph Window
* Edit metrics and kerning in the Metrics Window
* Easily set up and modify technical font parameters, font naming and linespacing settings in a comprehensive Font Info dialog
* Automatically improve the font’s screen quality using sophisticated autohinting algorithms
New Features in Version 5
The highlights of the new Fontographer 5 version include:
User interface
* NEW! Glyph antialiasing (smoothing) in all application windows
* IMPROVED! Glyph window zoom level up to 1600%
* IMPROVED! Radically redesigned and updated, easy-to-use Font Info dialog for editing the relevant technical parameters for all font formats, including OpenType, with updated, intelligent, automatic generation of OpenType-compatible font family naming and of cross-plattform linespacing values
* NEW! Powerful Spotlight-like glyph search feature that allows you to quickly highlight or select glyphs based on the Unicode codepoint, glyph name or Unicode character name (including wildcards)
* NEW! Easy access to the unencoded glyphs (OpenType alternates) using the FontLab prefix convention
* IMPROVED! Metrics and kerning editing in the Metrics Window
* IMPROVED! Manual editing of Type 1 hints
Font formats and international support
* NEW! Font generator and reader for OpenType fonts (both PS/.otf and TT/.ttf flavor) with 20,000+ glyphs
* NEW! Reads Mac Type 1 font suitcases (FFIL), Mac datafork suitcases (.dfont) and TrueType Collections (.ttc)
* IMPROVED! Opening and generation of Type 1 fonts, using cutting-edge FontLab technology
* IMPROVED! Full Unicode compatibility (fonts and user interface), including support for the Unicode Standard version 5.2
* NEW! OpenType Layout features can be defined using the most recent Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO) version 2.5 syntax
* NEW! Modern OpenType-compatible encodings and a full set of international encodings
* NEW! Support for OpenType digital signatures (DSIG)
* NEW! Reads and exports the FontLab VFB format for easy integration into a FontLab-based workflow
* NEW! Great screen font quality thanks to the integrated Adobe PostScript autohinter and the excellent FontLab TrueType autohinter
* NEW! Integrated Adobe Type 1 and Microsoft TrueType rasterizers for high-quality bitmap generation from hinted outlines, and the ability to export the bitmaps in BDF format
Operating system and application support
* IMPROVED! Runs natively on Mac OS X (universal binary), Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
* IMPROVED! Copy-paste and import-export of Illustrator and Freehand outline artwork
* IMPROVED! Copy-paste and import bitmap images for autotracing
…plus countless additional improvements and bug fixes.
Specifications
Imports fonts with 20,000+ glyphs as OpenType PS (.otf), Win TrueType / OpenType TT (.ttf), Win Type 1 (.pfb + .pfm/.afm), ASCII/Unix Type 1 (.pfa + .afm), Mac Type 1* (LWFN), Mac Type 1 Suitcase* (FFIL), Mac TrueType* (.dfont or FFIL), TrueType Collections (.ttc), Win Multiple Master (.pfb + .mmm), Mac Multiple Master*, FontLab 3.0-4.6/TypeTool/AsiaFont Studio/ScanFont/FontLab Studio (.vfb), Also imports glyphs as Adobe Illustrator 8 EPS (.ai, .eps), TIFF, BMP.
Exports fonts with 20,000+ glyphs as OpenType PS (.otf), Win TrueType / OpenType TT (.ttf), Win Type 1 (.pfb + .pfm/.afm), ASCII/Unix Type 1 (.pfa + .afm), Mac Type 1* (LWFN), Mac Type 1 Suitcase* (FFIL), Mac TrueType* (FFIL), Win Multiple Master (.pfb + .mmm), Mac Multiple Master*, FontLab 3.0-4.6/TypeTool/AsiaFont Studio/ScanFont/TransType/FontLab Studio (.vfb), Bitmap Distribution Format (.bdf). Also exports glyphs as Adobe Illustrator 8 EPS (.ai + .eps).
*) Only available in the Mac OS X version of the application
Note: OpenType Layout features can be specified as an external text file in the Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO) version 2.5 format. OpenType Layout features are not preserved when an existing OpenType font is opened in Fontographer.
