TypeTool

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TypeTool version 3 perfect utility when a user needs a good basic font editor for TrueType, OpenType, and Type 1 fonts. With TypeTool 3, add and edit characters in fonts, change font names, styles, metrics, kerning, and a host of other "inside information" that controls how fonts look and work.

New in version 3 are some very helpful features:

• mask layer editing — edit the mask as well as the outline;

• bitmap backgrounds — import a bitmap file to use as a template;

• Unicode 5.0 support — new Unicode glyph template images (from Monotype Imaging);

• OpenType font import and export;

• metrics and kerning editing; and

• many more enhancements.

TypeTool is a simple and easy-to-use font editor for TrueType and Type 1 fonts.

Features:

• make new fonts;

• automatically hint and kern fonts;

• get perfect results with Adobe Type 1 and TrueType editing;

• add ligatures, old style figures, fractions, currency symbols, and foreign characters;

• make dingbats or clipart fonts;

• make font variations;

• print font reference tables;

• rearrange the keyboard;

• add correct em dashes, en dashes, quotation marks, and apostrophes;

• make custom end-of-story markers;

• convert fonts between Adobe Type 1 and TrueType formats; and

• 110-page user manual.

Import formats:

• PC Type 1, PC TrueType, and EPS.

Export Formats:

• PC Type 1, PC TrueType, and EPS.

Tools:

• draw; erase; rotate; skew; zoom; set start point; insert node; remove overlap; merge contours; subtract contours; intersect contours; snap to guides; ruler; and 102 levels of undo.

Windows:

• edit; font table; font manager; preview/kerning/metrics; context-sensitive popup menus; and property windows.

Encoding:

• imported; adobe standard; adobe cyrillic; adobe symbol; windows ansi; and iso latin.

Printouts:

• character, preview, and font table.

New in TypeTool 2:

• knife tool to slice and dice contours, even leave open ends;

• magic wand to select only desired segments;

• a variety of shaped brushes to choose from;

• vector paint tools to enable the user to paint like a bitmap but create vector outlines;

• new metrics window is easier to navigate and faster to use; and

• expanded encodings and Unicode code pages covering virtually every language in the world.

TypeTool can open and edit fonts with up to 65,000 characters, including TrueType, Type 1, and TrueType-based OpenType fonts. Further, it now has support for 12 encodings and more than 150 code pages.

Manufacturer: FontLab Ltd.