<s>
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
(	O
FOG	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
font	O
editor	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
;	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
digital	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Altsys	O
but	O
is	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
FontLab	B-Application
Ltd	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
elements	O
that	O
would	O
carry	O
over	O
into	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
developed	O
by	O
von	O
Ehr	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1986	O
—	O
before	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
—	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
Bézier	O
curve	O
editing	O
software	O
for	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High	O
quality	O
fonts	O
in	O
the	O
PostScript	B-Language
format	O
could	O
be	O
developed	O
for	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
all	O
other	O
existing	O
methods	O
(	O
URW	O
's	O
Ikarus	O
required	O
systems	O
costing	O
over	O
$	O
100,000	O
)	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
what	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
democratization	O
of	O
type	O
design	O
"	O
:	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
history	O
,	O
numerous	O
self-taught	O
type	O
designers	O
without	O
substantial	O
capital	O
investment	O
produced	O
fonts	O
for	O
professional	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
eight	O
months	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
Fall	O
of	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
PostScript	B-Language
background	O
established	O
with	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
Altsys	O
developed	O
FreeHand	B-Application
in	O
1988	O
as	O
a	O
Macintosh	O
Postscript-based	O
illustration	O
program	O
using	O
Bézier	O
curves	O
for	O
drawing	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
an	O
auto-trace	O
tool	O
and	O
automatic	O
generation	O
of	O
hints	O
for	O
Postscript	B-Language
printer	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1995	O
Altsys	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
and	O
both	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
and	O
FreeHand	B-Application
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Macromedia	O
product	O
lineup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Macromedia	O
Graphics	O
Suite	O
,	O
which	O
helped	O
its	O
wider	O
adoption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
,	O
the	O
only	O
serious	O
competitor	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
was	O
generally	O
considered	O
more	O
difficult	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
although	O
by	O
2005	O
it	O
had	O
overwhelmingly	O
replaced	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
for	O
most	O
professional	O
font	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
FontLab	B-Application
Ltd	I-Application
.	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
licensed	O
distribution	O
rights	O
from	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
and	O
resumed	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2005	O
FontLab	B-Application
shipped	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
running	O
natively	O
on	O
OS	O
X	O
and	O
featuring	O
numerous	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
version	O
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
features	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
since	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FontLab	B-Application
positioned	O
the	O
product	O
as	O
an	O
easier-to-use	O
alternative	O
to	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
without	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
high-end	O
features	O
needed	O
by	O
professional	O
type	O
designers	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
price	O
intermediate	O
between	O
FontLab	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
their	O
more	O
introductory	O
font	O
editing	O
program	O
TypeTool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
Fontlab	B-Application
released	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
5.1	O
.	O
,	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
5.2	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	O
versions	O
XP	O
through	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
32-bit	O
macOS	B-Application
application	O
it	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
only	O
versions	O
10.6	O
through	O
10.14	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
