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Life & fun · October 15, 2015

FontLab VI

Next-generation professional font editor

FontLab VI launched on October 15, 2015 with 113 votes, #299 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

FontLab 8 for Mac & Windows: integrated font editor. 10-day free fully functional trial! Create, open, modify, draw, space, kern, hint and export desktop, web, color and variable OpenType fonts. 500+ improvements: new UI, adjustable sketching, polished drawing & editing, non-destructive transformations, better measurement, better glyph building, spacing & kerning, batch font export, gradients, .gl

FontLab 8 is an integrated font editor for Mac and Windows that helps you create fonts from start to finish, from a simple design to a complex project, and brings a spark of magic into type design. Try FontLab 8 for free for 10 days, and start making fonts today! Express your imagination, prototype and experiment. Draft glyphs with bitmap autotracing and live calligraphic strokes. ‍ Draw and edit beautiful, smooth, consistent glyphs in fractional or integer precision, with the help of intelligent snapping and live numeric and visual measurements . Refine your drawings: create overlaps , simplify paths, equalize stems. Scale while keeping stroke thickness , globally adjust weight and width,…from fontlab.com

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