AsiaFont Studio is a font editor software used for creating and editing two-byte fonts.
Are you in need of a reliable two-byte font editor for creating multilingual OpenType fonts? Look no further than AsiaFont Studio! As the only commercially available two-byte font editor, AsiaFont Studio allows users to effortlessly make large Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese fonts, among others, with access to over 100,000 Unicode characters, including the supplementary plane and private use area. Plus, AsiaFont Studio can handle up to 65,536 glyphs - perfect for creating complex fonts.
It's worth noting that for OpenType fonts with complex scripts such as Arabic, Devanagari, or Thai, layout tables are required and can be added using the free Microsoft VOLT application.
AsiaFont Studio is loaded with features to assist in creating the perfect font with ease. Import and convert CID-keyed fonts into DBCS TrueType format, or import TTC font collections. Manually or automatically hint your fonts, and encode them a hundred different ways. Drawing new characters quickly and easily is a breeze with the helpful VectorPaint tools. Users can even import, edit, and build their fonts in OpenType format, and use the Python macro system to create unique font tools.
For those working with Asian glyph edit interfaces, AsiaFont Studio conveniently provides a template for easy access to many characters with IME input. The software is compatible with Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
There are a few limitations to the software, though. Users are only able to save fonts up to 20 glyphs and fonts exported have a watermark.
To run Python macros, all Mac OS 9 & OS X users need MacPython-OS9 installed, while CarbonLib is required for Classic. Overall, AsiaFont Studio is a reliable and efficient choice for those creating multilingual OpenType fonts.
It's worth noting that for OpenType fonts with complex scripts such as Arabic, Devanagari, or Thai, layout tables are required and can be added using the free Microsoft VOLT application.
AsiaFont Studio is loaded with features to assist in creating the perfect font with ease. Import and convert CID-keyed fonts into DBCS TrueType format, or import TTC font collections. Manually or automatically hint your fonts, and encode them a hundred different ways. Drawing new characters quickly and easily is a breeze with the helpful VectorPaint tools. Users can even import, edit, and build their fonts in OpenType format, and use the Python macro system to create unique font tools.
For those working with Asian glyph edit interfaces, AsiaFont Studio conveniently provides a template for easy access to many characters with IME input. The software is compatible with Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
There are a few limitations to the software, though. Users are only able to save fonts up to 20 glyphs and fonts exported have a watermark.
To run Python macros, all Mac OS 9 & OS X users need MacPython-OS9 installed, while CarbonLib is required for Classic. Overall, AsiaFont Studio is a reliable and efficient choice for those creating multilingual OpenType fonts.
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