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Fontlab is font design/editing software originally developed for Windows but later was developed for Macintosh as well. Fontlab 2005 the code for [[Fontographer]] in 2005 and continues to maintains both.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontLab</ref>
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Fontlab is font design/editing software originally developed for Windows but later was developed for Macintosh as well. Fontlab purchased the code for [[Fontographer]] in 2005 and continues to maintains both.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontLab</ref>
  
 
==File Information==
 
==File Information==
The native file format for Fontlab is .VFB.<ref>https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab-vi/Font-Formats/#fontlab-studio-5-vfb</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060206163659/http://www.fontlab.com/Font-tools/FogLamp/</ref> There is a free VFB to [[Unified Font Object|UFO]] tool available.<ref>https://blog.fontlab.com/font-utility/vfb2ufo/</ref>
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The native file format for Fontlab version 2.5 is .VFA.
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The native file format for Fontlab version 3-5 is .VFB.<ref>https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab-vi/Font-Formats/#fontlab-studio-5-vfb</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060206163659/http://www.fontlab.com/Font-tools/FogLamp/</ref>
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The native file format for Fontlab version VI is .VFC along with a json version .VFJ.<ref>https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab-vi/Font-Formats/#fontlab-vi-format-vfc</ref>
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There is a free VFB to [[Unified Font Object|UFO]] tool available.<ref>https://blog.fontlab.com/font-utility/vfb2ufo/</ref>
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== Links ==
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* [https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab-studio-5/ FontLab Studio 5]
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* [https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/fontlab/ FontLab 7]
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 2 November 2020

File Format
Name FontLab
Ontology
Extension(s) .vfa, .vfb, .vfc, .vfj
Wikidata ID Q453290
Released 1993

Fontlab is font design/editing software originally developed for Windows but later was developed for Macintosh as well. Fontlab purchased the code for Fontographer in 2005 and continues to maintains both.[1]

[edit] File Information

The native file format for Fontlab version 2.5 is .VFA.

The native file format for Fontlab version 3-5 is .VFB.[2][3]

The native file format for Fontlab version VI is .VFC along with a json version .VFJ.[4]

There is a free VFB to UFO tool available.[5]

[edit] Links


[edit] References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontLab
  2. https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab-vi/Font-Formats/#fontlab-studio-5-vfb
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20060206163659/http://www.fontlab.com/Font-tools/FogLamp/
  4. https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab-vi/Font-Formats/#fontlab-vi-format-vfc
  5. https://blog.fontlab.com/font-utility/vfb2ufo/
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