Import formats: OpenType, PC/Mac TrueType, PC/Mac Type 1, CID, TTC, CMap (Only the Mac version can import Mac format fonts), EPS
Export Formats: OpenType, PC/Mac TrueType,PC/Mac Type 1, EPS (Only the Mac version can export Mac format fonts). Note: OpenType Layout tables for complex scripts such as Arabic, Devanagari or Thai can be added with the free Microsoft VOLT application.
Tools: Draw, Erase, VectorPaint, Mirror, Composite, Set Startpoint, Interpolate, Envelope, Remove Overlap, Merge Contours, Subtract Contours, Snap to Guides, Check Connections, Nodes at Extremes, Meter, TrueType and Type 1 manual hinting, Undo (100+ levels), Sketch, Knife, Magic Wand, Rotate, Skew, Scale, Intersect Contours
Filters: Bold, Outline, Sidebearings Control, Scale, Slant, Rotate, Autohint, and many more -- all programmable and applicable font wide (You can program sequences of filters and apply them to any range of characters, including the whole font or set of fonts). Macro-based filters: Digital, Shadow, Bevel, Drops, Slices, Mosaic
Windows: Glyph, Font chart, Preview/Kerning/Metrics, Preview, OpenType, Classes, Map, Macro Editor, OpenType Sample, Anchors
Encoding: Big5, GB, Unicode, Shift-JIS, Unicode, Custom, ANSI, ASCII, and virtually all known codepages and encodings
Printouts: Character, Preview, Font Table, Kerning,Glyph Properties, Waterfall Preview
Hardware requirements:
64MB RAM, SVGA Monitor, Mouse, USB hardware key (supplied by Fontlab)
Software requirements: For Windows version:
Microsoft Windows (95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP). For Mac version: Mac OS 9.2+ with CarbonLib 1.6+ or Mac OS X (10.3 or higher recommended).