functionality was again integrated into the main application. Next came TransType, 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 fonts for low-resolution display in Flash apps; and FogLamp, for converting native Fontographer files into modern formats. (Newer versions of FontLab Studio, FontLab VI, and FontLab 7 can now open recent Fontographer files directly.) Products FontLab (was FontLab Studio for version 5) – font editor for professional type designers. Fontographer – font editor for graphic designers, artists, publishers TypeTool – font editor for students, hobbyists, users with minor editing needs TransType – font converter for Macintosh and Windows; OpenType, TrueType, web fonts, and PostScript Type 1 FontLab Pad – typesetting tool that supports all nascent color font formats and OpenType features. BitFonter – bitmap font editor ScanFont - font autotracing tool Release history FontLab 8: 26 Jun 2022 (Mac/Win) FontLab 7: 30 Nov 2019 (Mac/Win) FontLab VI: 8 Dec 2017 (Mac/Win) TypeTool 3: 28 Mar 2007 (Mac/Win) FontLab Studio 5: 12 Dec 2005 (Mac), Nov 2005 (Win) FontLab 4: 3 Dec 2001 (Win) FontLab 3: 1 June 1998 (Win), 1 April 1999 (Mac) TypeTool: 8 Aug 1997 (Win) Deprecated and discontinued products AsiaFont Studio (formerly FontLab Composer) – font editor for professional typeface designers of CJK fonts, or other fonts with exceptionally large glyph counts. Its functions were rolled into FontLab Studio 5.1 and later. Photofont – a technology/format for creating bitmap fonts with color, texture and transparency and using them in page layout and website design SigMaker – a simple utility for adding a single character to a TrueType font FONmaker – a font converter that makes bitmap fonts from TrueType fonts FontFlasher – a font converter that optimizes fonts for display at small sizes and low resolution FogLamp – a font converter that converts Fontographer .fog files into several different modern formats See also Comparison of font editors References Further reading External links FontLab 7 product page Vector graphics editors Font editors