Fonts & Things - HOW TO MAKE FONTS

Drawing Technique
Draw your characters in Xara Xtreme, export them to EPS ready to import into TypeTool or Fontographer.
Scanning and Tracing
Scan characters from paper then trace them using Xara Xtreme's Bitmap Tracer.
Using our XAR files
Use our free Xara Xtreme XAR files and make your own custom font with TypeTool.
Add a Signature or a Logo
Using SigMaker add a signature or a logo to any font in 7 steps.

FontLab makes the world's best font-editing tools and utilities including:
FontLab Studio - The best you can buy - a professional's font editor.
Fontographer - for both beginners and professionals.
FogLamp - Fontographer source file converter.
TypeTool - Basic font editor - Good for quick, small jobs.
TransType - Universal font converter for Mac and Windows.
ScanFont - Turns bitmap images into font glyphs. Great for handwriting fonts, logos, clipart.
BitFonter - The first full-fledged bitmap font editor.
FONmaker - The bitmap font creator - generates bitmap fonts from outlines.
FontFlasher - converts almost any format font into a "pixel" TrueType font.
SigMaker - Put your signature into a truetype font.
AsiaFont Studio - the premier two-byte (Unicode/CJKV) font editor.
CompoCompiler - creates composite fonts automatically.
Photofont Start - free plugin to use photofonts in Photoshop and other compatible applications.
Trial & demo versions available for PC & Mac

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