The Preview panel of #FontLabVI gives you a flexible look at your design changes. Customize the text, sizes, tracking, slant, add a blur to simulate poor vision and (new in FontLab VI 6.0.6) change the foreground and background color. Try FontLab VI at https://fontlab.com/VI | Fontlab

Want an alternate “$” for bolder weights? Assign tilde tags to glyphs that should replace other glyphs in some regions of the design space, and export these conditional glyphs into variable and static fonts, and as DesignSpace UFO rules. Buy or try #FontLab at http://fontlab.info Read more about conditional glyphs at https://help.fontlab.com/fontlab/7/manual/Release-Notes-7264-3/#conditional-glyphs-rvrn-rules | Fontlab

With #FontLab 7.1.4, you can quickly make a Condensed or SemiCondensed font from a Regular font. “Font › Add Variation” duplicates the current master and adds a known axis if you use a known master name. If you add a “Condensed” master, FontLab adds a “Width” axis. Open “Tools › Actions” and preview the action on the content of current Window. Use the “Change width” action, which scales glyphs horizontally but keeps stem thickness. Run the action on the “Current” layer of “All” glyphs. “Change w

505 reactions · 72 shares | New in FontLab VI 6.0.6: Enable the eraser mode of the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle over an existing drawing to trim existing contours and remove unwanted portions of your glyph. Works across elements and across multiple glyphs! Buy or try #FontLabVI at https://fontlab.com/VI | Fontlab | Facebook