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FontCreator has the powerful font-creation tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that even allows beginners to become productive immediately.The editor lets you easily select and modify the entire character set of any TrueType® font and fonts based on OpenType® font technology. Features include the ability to convert (scanned) images to outlines, thus enabling you to create fonts with your own signature, logo and handwriting.The intuitive interface makes Font Creator the perfect tool for both new and experienced users.Whether you're a font vendor who wants to create and distribute royalty-free fonts, a designer who needs a unique font, a business person who needs to add a euro sign, logo or signature to an existing font, or a home user who wants to make a font based on your own handwriting, FontCreator has the tools you need.

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• Reviewed by: duckrabbit

  09-29-2010

  Duration of ownership: 5 Days

  Strengths: FontCreator makes it incredibly easy to create a font from images. You need the ability to scan your penmanship, and then create a 300-by-300 pixel file, which the program imports. Once you have these image files, building a font is as simple as navigating to the corresponding file, then fiddling with it to tweak its appearance. Once you've imported the upper- and lowercase alphabet, numbers, and special characters, you can generate a font file compatible with either PC or Mac.

  Weaknesses: Detailed menus and technical lingo---kerning, threshold sliders, smooth filters---make FontCreator better suited to the graphic designer rather than the casual user. But if you have a scanner and want to create an entirely made-up alphabet, a-la Lord of the Rings, or flatter the grandparents with a 'handwritten' note from your preschooler, it couldn't be easier and quicker. Although the full version costs a steep $65, you may just want to plan ahead and complete your alternative alphabet font before the 30 day evaluation period expires.

  Overall Evaluation: Looking for that special something to punch up that bake sale flyer or wedding invitation? A custom font, made using FontCreator Home Edition, might just do the trick. FontCreator allows you to create TrueType fonts from scratch, or modify existing fonts. But be warned: Generating an entirely new font is not for the faint of heart or the short of time. While you can easily import scanned images of handwritten letters in .bmp, .jpg, or .gif image formats, there's quite a steep learning curve involved in modifying them. You can also hand-draw the letters directly into the program if you have a graphics tablet or steady mouse hand, but to call this the Home Edition belies the complexity of the task.

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