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Fontographer updated for OS X
Picture it, it is 1996 and you need to create a font. You turn to your trusty Mac and fire up Fontographer 4.1.4.Fast forward 3 years, 5 years, or 8 years and Fontographer is still at 4.1.4 and worse yet, it isn't OS X native. Well, all of that has changed. Fontlab, which acquired Fontographer from Macromedia in May 2005, has just released Fontographer 4.7 for OS X. This is a major update in that it now works on OS X, but Fontlab promises that more features will be coming in future releases.
The full program will set you back $349.00, and there is a 30 day demo available. I fully expect someone out there to develop a super cool font for TUAW within 30 days.
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nathaniel said 11:25PM on 11-28-2005
Oh, thank you gods of mercy! I loved Fontographer but haven't been able to stand looking at it for several years.
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Grant Hutchinson said 12:14AM on 11-29-2005
Discussion regarding Fontographer for OS X over at Typophile:
http://typophile.com/node/16477
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Alex Dawson said 1:25AM on 11-29-2005
Wow, that's even longer than ZTerm (1995 - 2002).
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GReg said 8:40AM on 11-29-2005
At last. I have been keeping an old laptop running OS 9 for when I need to work on my old version of Fontographer.
-GReg
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Brady J. Frey said 10:59AM on 11-29-2005
Bless you FontLab! How long I've waited!!
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J Peterman said 11:44AM on 11-29-2005
Whaaaat! I have to *PAY* for an upgrade?!? Sheesh. They didn't even increment the first version number! This is ridiculous. Why is it software vendors think they can add a couple features and force people to re-buy software they already own?!! When I buy software I expect it to last at least 15 years. This is highway robbery!
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RON said 1:35AM on 11-30-2005
This one is free.....The Linotype FontExplorer X is the answer to all these demands. A powerful font-management tool that enables you to gain full insight and control over all fonts that are installed on your computer system.
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
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