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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $79.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: July 18, 2009
- Total Downloads: 423,658
- Downloads last week: 933
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 43 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Font design isn't easy, but FontCreator simplifies the process with an intuitive interface and tons of features. Its specialized drawing tools allow you to design glyphs one by one. If you're not patient enough to start from scratch, it's easy to import an existing TrueType font (TTF) and get started modifying the smallest of details. You also can convert images to glyphs, which allows you to turn a logo or your handwriting into a custom font. That said, it's the bonus utilities that elevate FontCreator to professional caliber. Glyph Transformer lets you instantly boldface, rotate, or alter every character in a font. You also can set kerning, change character-to-glyph mapping, and validate fonts to detect common problems. FontCreator's wealth of features and recently improved ease of use make it a great choice for type designers of all skill levels.Publisher's description
From High-Logic :This font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately. When you create or open a font, FontCreator displays an overview of all available characters. You can simply add missing characters, or select an existing character, and modify its appearance. You can import (scanned) images of your signature or company logo, or make a font from your own handwriting. Other features include the ability to preview fonts before installing, and a font installation wizard that makes your fonts available to other applications. FontCreator also lets you fix character mappings, correct font names, and modify and clean up kerning pairs.
What's new in this version:
Version 6.0.1 improved support for Windows Big5, PRC, and Wansung.
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Version: FontCreator 6.0.1
Pros: Easy to learn, easy to use!
Draw each glyph with care and place it in a separate pdf. This newest version will aat the click of a button paste them all in the proper glyph boxes (if you follow the instructions) and viola, you have a fancy font!Cons: Life has too many other requirements to allow playing with this program all the time.
Summary: Anytime you get the bug to change a font or make an unusual character, Zip Zap, it's done!
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Version: FontCreator 6.0.1
Pros: The latest version, FontCreator 6, added vector import from AI and PDF. If you like to use any vector drawing program to draw your fonts, produce a PDF for each character. FontCreator will now import them much faster and more accurately then before.
Cons: Although FontCreator can open and edit OpenType fonts (OTF), it cannot yet add OpenType features. Free, third-party programs like OpenType Compiler or VOLT can be used for this. Character hinting is also not yet supported.
Summary: I have used FontCreator since version 4.0 to produce large fonts with many accented characters for Pali and Sanskrit. I include full sets of symbols and dingbats to make my fonts more versatile.
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Version: FontCreator 6.0.1
"Font Creator is an Excellent Product"
Pros: Font Creator has a very intuitive and solid UI for building fonts. You can become an expert font maker using this program. There are extra features which simplify designing new fonts. Every upgrade release has been super stable.
Cons: While creating open type TTF fonts, it does not handle the OTF variety.
Summary: Font Creator can be used to design new fonts. It can be used to correct fonts that don't work. I can now create new fonts in less than 2 hours using the Font Creator software.
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