FontLab 8 is an advanced editing tool for Mac and Windows computers. It offers various features, including live calligraphic stroke drafting and bitmap auto-tracing.
FontLab 8 Features
- Fractional or integer precision: Perform precision editing and drawing of glyphs.
- Refining drawings: Overlap strokes, streamline paths, and unify stems.
- Scaling and adjusting: Scale strokes proportionally while modifying the weight and width of the stroke.
- Glyph building: Assemble and sculpt glyphs from parts or shells.
- Accented glyphs: Striking the accented key inserts the named initial glyph.
- Spacing and kerning: Space and kern in multiline tabs or windows.
- OpenType features: Add extra ligatures, small caps, and archaic numerals.
- Complex-script text engine: Execute tests in the supplied text engine.
- Colour and variation: Color and variation new angles.
- Font families: Create, open, modify, sample, and export font families.
- Variable OpenType fonts: Variable OpenType fonts can be made.
- Web fonts: Web fonts can be created for any scripted system.
Preview FontLab
Image 1: It features a revamped user interface, offering two colour modes: dark and light.
Image 2: FontLab excels in monochrome, offering stability and precision, but it truly stands out when you want to infuse your fonts with vibrant colour.
