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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 ...
The label's production was dominated by classical music, music by Soviet composers and musicians, performances by Soviet theatre actors, and fairy tales for children. For example, Melodiya notably released performances of works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.
Some font management programs can activate fonts or a specific group of fonts when a program or document launched. When the program or document is closed, the font management software can deactivate the same fonts. This method of activating fonts can activate fonts on the fly (such as during a specific project), reducing the load on the system.
The advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s using Apple Macintosh computers coupled with laser printers led to a shift away from a small number of specialized print bureaux acquiring relatively expensive fonts to a growing market for cheap mass-produced fonts. The drawback of Ikarus for catering for this new market was that, while extremely ...
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 ...
Fontconfig (or fontconfig) is a free software [6] program library designed to provide configuration, enumeration and substitution of fonts to other programs. Fontconfig was originally written and maintained by Keith Packard, and is currently maintained by Behdad Esfahbod.
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. FontForge can use Potrace or AutoTrace to auto trace bitmap images and import them into a font.
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.