This professional font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately. When you create or open a font, FontCreator displays an overview of all available characters. You can simply add missing characters, or select an existing character, and modify its appearance. You can import (scanned) images of your signature or company logo, or make a font from your own handwriting. Other features include the ability to preview fonts before installing, and a font installation wizard that makes your fonts available to other applications. FontCreator also lets you extract TrueType fonts from TrueType Collections, fix character mappings, edit and regenerate font names, and modify and clean up kerning pairs. Whether you're a type designer or graphic artist who needs a font creation powerhouse, or a hobbyist who wants to have fun creating new fonts, FontCreator has the tools you need.

     The program's name itself shows what AFV can actually do. It is a specialized tool for fast searching for the best variant of font among the fonts you have. The easy-to-use interface allows beginners to quickly master the program, while the professionals will definitely enjoy everyday working with it. As soon as you run Advanced Font Viewer, you will see the text examples for all of the fonts installed on your computer on one list. You will be able to set necessary style, size and color of the text examples, according to your own scheme. You can also enter your own text to use it as an example. If you are choosing a font for printed matters, then print out the list and make your choice according to the real conditions of font use. Those who have huge collections of fonts, and those who wish to accurately compare patterns of several fonts looking almost similar, may create their own Selected Fonts List. Working with such list will save you necessity to look through the main list, spending too much time for searching, and thus it will allow you to concentrate on your choice. You will be able to add new fonts to the list, as well as to delete unnecessary fonts. This list can also be printed out. Users of the program are not limited by the choice only among the already installed fonts. One always can add a new font to his or her collection from any folder of a hard drive or a CD, being able to evaluate font's appearance before adding. In case you find an ugly font, or a font you use rarely, you can deinstall it right away. All registered users of Advanced Font Viewer always get the full up-to-date version of the program. This becomes possible because of the free updates policy and distribution of information about the newest versions of AFV. In case you are an unregistered user or you have an unreliable mailbox, you can subscribe for news posting.

     It's never been easier to make your own custom fonts. Scanahand allows you to generate fonts without the need to know all of the technical details involved. How does it work? Simply print a template, draw all of the characters using a black marker or felt-tip pen, and scan your drawing. Scanahand will build your font, and install it on Windows, ready for you to use. You don't need to use additional graphics software, but Power Users and Hobbyists alike can use Scanahand along with their favorite graphic drawing software to create or modify each character of their font. So even without a printer and scanner you'll be able to create custom fonts. Scanahand lets you digitize your signature, and use it in any Windows program. You can turn icons, company logos, or any line art into font characters. If you have a graphics program installed on your computer, it's easy to open your hand-written template, and add artistic flair to each of your font characters. You can even load your fonts onto Macintosh computers. It's easy and fun to create a new font, and another one, and one more...

     This font manager has all the tools you need to take control of your fonts. It includes advanced features for graphic designers and typographers as well as basic features for users who just want to view and install fonts. The software provides immediate system-wide font synchronization, with no need to refresh font lists or reboot the computer after installing fonts. The font manager contains a font information pane that reveals important typographic data and a groups pane that helps you quickly organize all your fonts. Nice touches are drag and drop support and the ability to insert characters into background applications. MainType works with TrueType, OpenType, TrueType Collections, Postscript Type 1, vector and raster fonts. You can preview and browse fonts on any drive, before installing them. MainType supports all seventeen planes defined in the Unicode character database and displays all characters grouped in Unicode blocks. MainType allows you to generate an HTML-based overview of any of your fonts, print outstanding reports and export font information to clipboard and text. Whether you're a business person who needs to find the best fonts for your flyers and brochures, a home user who wants to take control of the hundreds of fonts on your system, or a graphic designer or typographer who needs the power of an advanced font management system, MainType makes it fun to find, preview, organize, install, and print your fonts.

     Font Viewer is a font manager and preview utility for Windows. Font Viewer helps you find the right font for your application needs. Using Font Viewer, you are able to preview fonts in many ways including sample text, comparison list, and large character map. Print sample font lists to have handy while working with graphics applications. Install new fonts from disk, network or CD-ROM. Remove unwanted or unused system fonts to speed up Windows.