<s>
FontLab	B-Application
is	O
a	O
font	O
editor	O
developed	O
by	O
Fontlab	B-Application
Ltd.	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Pyrus	O
North	O
America	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
to	O
distribute	O
and	O
market	O
FontLab	B-Application
2.0	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyrus	O
North	O
America	O
eventually	O
bought	O
all	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
FontLab	B-Application
,	O
hired	O
Yarmola	O
,	O
then	O
restructured	O
as	O
Fontlab	B-Application
Ltd.	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
's	O
first	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
product	O
was	O
FontLab	B-Application
3	O
for	O
Mac	O
,	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
FontLab	B-Application
(	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
for	O
version	O
5	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
issued	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
initially	O
Windows	O
versions	O
always	O
came	O
first	O
,	O
with	O
FontLab	B-Application
VI	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
versions	O
have	O
become	O
in	O
sync	O
,	O
with	O
simultaneous	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
FontLab	B-Application
has	O
developed	O
spinoff	O
font	O
editors	O
for	O
specific	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TypeTool	O
,	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
is	O
quite	O
inexpensive	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
an	O
entry	O
level	O
typeface	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
popular	O
with	O
students	O
,	O
hobbyists	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
whose	O
typographic	O
needs	O
are	O
relatively	O
simple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
AsiaFont	O
Studio	O
(	O
or	O
Fontlab	B-Application
Composer	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
version	O
of	O
Fontlab	B-Application
,	O
with	O
special	O
features	O
for	O
editing	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Japanese	O
and	O
Korean	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
functions	O
are	O
now	O
included	O
in	O
Fontlab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
since	O
version	O
5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
fonts	O
came	O
in	O
different	O
formats	O
and	O
were	O
platform-specific	O
,	O
FontLab	B-Application
also	O
began	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
font	O
creation	O
and	O
conversion	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScanFont	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
converting	O
scans	O
and	O
bitmaps	O
of	O
glyphs	O
into	O
vector	O
glyphs	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
FontLab	B-Application
2	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
it	O
was	O
split	O
off	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
FontLab	B-Application
VI	O
,	O
the	O
ScanFont	O
functionality	O
was	O
again	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
shorter-lived	O
and	O
more	O
specialized	O
font	O
converters	O
followed	O
:	O
FONmaker	O
,	O
for	O
converting	O
vector	O
fonts	O
into	O
bitmaps	O
;	O
FontFlasher	O
,	O
for	O
converting	O
“	O
normal	O
”	O
vector	O
fonts	O
into	O
pixelated	O
vector	O
fonts	O
for	O
low-resolution	O
display	O
in	O
Flash	O
apps	O
;	O
and	O
FogLamp	O
,	O
for	O
converting	O
native	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
files	O
into	O
modern	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Newer	O
versions	O
of	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
FontLab	B-Application
VI	O
,	O
and	O
FontLab	B-Application
7	O
can	O
now	O
open	O
recent	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
files	O
directly	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
by	O
Altsys	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
font	O
development	O
tool	O
,	O
ceased	O
development	O
after	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Macromedia	O
's	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
sold	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
's	O
rights	O
and	O
code	O
to	O
FontLab	B-Application
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
(	O
was	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
for	O
version	O
5	O
)	O
–	O
font	O
editor	O
for	O
professional	O
type	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
Pad	O
–	O
typesetting	O
tool	O
that	O
supports	O
all	O
nascent	O
color	O
font	O
formats	O
and	O
OpenType	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AsiaFont	O
Studio	O
(	O
formerly	O
FontLab	B-Application
Composer	O
)	O
–	O
font	O
editor	O
for	O
professional	O
typeface	O
designers	O
of	O
CJK	O
fonts	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
fonts	O
with	O
exceptionally	O
large	O
glyph	O
counts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
functions	O
were	O
rolled	O
into	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
5.1	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
