Sharptype is a Photoshop filter plug-in that generates ultra-clear typography at small font sizes. It is compatible with various hosts including Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, PHOTO-PAINT, and Painter.
Sharptype uses a distinct method to render fonts that optimizes the vector information to sharpen the vertical and horizontal lines. Additionally, this program provides five rendering methods and three enhancing modes, giving you total control over how your fonts look. With full support for Truetype and Opentype fonts, Sharptype can also combine different font styles such as bold, italic, outline, underline, and strikethrough.
In terms of usability, Sharptype offers several features that make it stand out from the competition. You can search your user-defined font directory or use the built-in character map for inserting figure fonts with ease. Furthermore, the program supports multiple languages regardless of your keyboard layout or global encoding.
Version 3.0 of Sharptype saw several improvements, including a change in the company name from Microworld to Graphest and smaller cursors. The encoding selection has also been removed, as the program automatically adapts to local languages. Overall, Graphest Sharptype is a fantastic investment for anyone looking to elevate the readability of their designs.
Version 3.0: V3.0 (24 February 2007). We changed our company name from Microworld to Graphest;. Smaller cursors than before;. Removed the encoding selection, the program has already automatically adapted for local languages.
Version 2.1:
V2.1 (22 April 2006)
Added support for all capital and small capital;
The new installation can search compatible hosts automatically;
Some speed-ups in rendering;
Fixed bugs in Navigator window;
Version 2.01 isn't compatible with the other hosts, solved.
Version 2.01:
V2.01 (2 August 2005)
Vector font output by version 2.0 is not sharp than version 1.32, solved;
The window with shrinking animation locates the incorrect place, solved.
Version 2.0:
V2.0 (30 June 2005)
Added support for vertical type;
Added support for magnification to change the view of an image;
Some Opentype fonts can be cropped, fixed;
Increased systematic stability for initializing.
Version 1.32:
V1.32 (6 June 2005)
Currenly used characters will be automatically listed;
Added block icon, all from unicode standard organization;
Added font type icon;
Added comments for encoding explaining the corresponding nationality and language;
Solved the edit latency problem in unicode encoding.
Version 1.31:
V1.31 (29 May 2005)
Added support for text strikethrough;
Automatically list recently used colors;
Added shortcut for main toolbar;
Some speed-ups in Undo/Redo.
Version 1.2:
V1.2 (16 May 2005)
You can enter paragraph type in a bounding box now;
Added animation control for interface, disabled by default;
Alignment can be set to justify all;
Added 'What's New' report;
New startup window.
V1.13 (8 May 2005)
Improve font fill method to get the much smooth result.
Version 1.13:
V1.13 (8 May 2005)
Improve font fill method to get the more smooth result.
V1.12 (5 May 2005)
Added support for text superscript and subscript;
Added support for text outline;
Improve grid-fitted arithmetic, you can get clearer type than ever before.
Version 1.11:
V1.11 (1 May 2005)
Added support for keyboard layout of native language, such as French, German, Spanish, Russian and so on;
More than one user-defined font directories with new 3D-box transition on Shadowgraph graphics engine;
Automatically add Adobe Fonts directory to searching path.
V1.1 (26 April 2005)
Added support for OpenType fonts, which may have the extention .OTF or .OTC;
New designed right button menu with new bounce transition on Shadowgraph graphics engine;
More shortcut keys, you can edit text easily.
Version 1.1:
V1.1 (26 April 2005)
Added support for OpenType fonts, which may have the extention .OTF or .OTC;
New designed right button menu with new bounce transition on Shadowgraph graphics engine;
More shortcut keys, you can edit text easily.
V1.01 (17 April 2005)
Compatible with ImageReady, Fireworks, PHOTO-PAINT, Paint Shop Pro and Painter.