Design typefaces, personalize fonts and add extra features. Adjust spacing and kerning, fix fonts problems, transform old fonts to a new format, open and generate Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, Type 3 and Multiple Master fonts and exchange files with FontLab Studio, TypeTool or ScanFont via the FontLab VFB format.
Fontographer 5.2.4.7022 for Mac was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available.
According to the results of the Google Safe Browsing check, the developer's site is safe. Despite this, we recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus software. The application lies within System Tools, more precisely Fonts. Fg5macdemo.dmg is the default file name to indicate this program's installer. The most popular version among the program users is 5.1. This Mac app was originally developed by FontLab Ltd.
From the developer:
With Fontographer 5, it's easy to design new typefaces and to customize existing fonts, and the result will be high-quality fonts that can reliably work across different operating systems. Create new fonts Customize existing fonts, add extra characters Fine-tune spacing and kerning Fix problems in bad fonts Convert old fonts to a new format 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
You may want to check out more software for Mac, such as ASCII:edit, TeXor Console or TransType, which might be similar to Fontographer.
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