Hello everyone!
We’ve just published
GetGo Fonts for FontLab — a collection of font projects available in FontLab’s native VFJ format under one of three licenses: CC-0 (public domain), Apache or OFL. Those are based on various opensource projects. Since we’ve modified the fonts here and there, we’ve given them new names, but of course we kept the relevant copyrights and author credits. The collection bundles a few single-stroke (skeleton) fonts and a number of “Zoto” fonts (based on the 2015 Apache-licensed Noto fonts). Check out the little website we made at ➡️
https://fontlab.com/getgoBecause of this release, FontLab is making a discount: until Wednesday 7 July 2021, you can buy FontLab 7 for:
➡️ US$71 for 1-year EDU (student/academic) license
➡️ $79 if you have FontLab VI
➡️ $158 if you have FontLab Studio 5
➡️ $181 if you have Fontographer or are a student/academic
➡️ $287 per license if you buy the 2× bundle (you can assign the two licenses to two entities)
➡️ $328 if you have Glyphs / RoboFont / TypeTool
➡️ $363 for a new full license
So in case you or your colleagues need a FontLab 7 license, now is a good time 😛Go to
https://store.fontlab.com — then add the product to the cart, choose
Use coupon code, enter
TDRAW21 and click
Apply coupon, then continue to
Checkout.
Comments
In addition, in some GetGo fonts, we’ve made small improvements to them, For example https://fontlabcom.github.io/getgo-fonts/ptit/ has more glyphs that are stroke-based than the original published at http://pecita.eu/b/
But altogether, of course the fonts we published are available in some form somewhere else. I made the effort to collect them and select them — I picked the ones that are interesting, for example https://fontlabcom.github.io/getgo-fonts/hint/ which shows how to do extensive TrueType hinting for many glyphs
it is a coincidence indeed. I’ve long maintained that type design apps and font editors mostly complement each other — there are many people who use some combination of FontLab, Glyphs, RoboFont, FontCreator, FontForge, OTMaster, FontGoggles etc.
Different apps have different strengths. The DesignSpace+UFO formats were developed for interoperability between the apps, and you can combine apps to address various workflow needs. I’m glad that there’s a new version of FontCreator. As long as each of the commercial apps costs about as much as a single end-user license for a font family (sometimes a smaller one, sometimes a larger one), I think the tools are quite affordable!