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Software Creator First release date Latest stable version Latest release date License BirdFont [1] Johan Mattsson August 24, 2012: Proprietary or open source DTL FontMaster: Dutch Type Library: 3.0 Proprietary: DTL FontMaster Light: Dutch Type Library: 2.7 [2] Free DTL OTMaster: 6.3 [2] Proprietary: DTL OTMaster Light: 3.7 [2] Free FontArk (Web ...
At least one free OpenType mathematical font has been developed in FontForge. FontForge uses FreeType for rendering fonts on screen. [ 9 ] Since the November 15, 2008 release, FontForge uses libcairo and libpango software libraries for graphics and text rendering, [ 10 ] providing anti-aliased graphics and complex text layout support.
Font management software allows its users to view a font in multiple ways. Users can inspect the font in more detail, such as looking at the fonts glyphs, or comparing another font. Font management software may also provide detail on the glyph count of a font, if the font can be embedded (such as in a PDF), or the creator of the font.
FreeType is a software development library used to render text onto bitmaps, and which provides support for other font-related operations. The FreeType font rasterization engine is free and open-source software with the source code dual-licensed under a BSD-like license and the GPL.
A font editor is a class of application software specifically designed to create or modify font files. Font editors differ greatly depending on if they are designed to edit bitmap fonts or outline fonts. Most modern font editors deal with the outline fonts. Bitmap fonts uses an older technology and are most commonly used in console applications.
Next came TransType, [4] a font converter for moving fonts between TrueType, OpenType, and Type 1 formats and between Macintosh and Windows platforms. A few shorter-lived and more specialized font converters followed: FONmaker, for converting vector fonts into bitmaps; FontFlasher, for converting “normal” vector fonts into pixelated vector ...
is the text editor in PC DOS 6, PC DOS 7 and PC DOS 2000. Proprietary: ed: The default line editor on Unix since the birth of Unix. Either ed or a compatible editor is available on all systems labeled as Unix (not by default on every one). Free software: ED: The default editor on CP/M, MP/M, Concurrent CP/M, CP/M-86, MP/M-86, Concurrent CP/M-86 ...
On April 23, 2008 High-Logic released Scanahand, a font generator for Windows that allows the user to print out a form, manually fill in the glyphs, scan it into the program and generate new fonts. The most recent version, Scanahand 7.0, was released in January 2020 and last updated in July 2020.