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Photofont ID
Photofont ID — use photofonts in Adobe InDesign


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Easy to use

  • After installation, you will see a new Photofont tool at the bottom of your InDesign toolbar. Use that tool to create a new photofont frame, choose a photofont and the font size, type some text, choose the text alignment and click on OK.
  • The photofont frames remain editable: double-click on any existing photofont frame to change its contents, choose a new photofont or change the size.
  • The photofont frames will automatically rewrap the text when resized.
  • Use InDesign’s View / Display Performance setting to control the display quality of the photofonts on your screen.
  • When printed or exported to PDF, InDesign will automatically use the highest possible quality (resolution) of the photofont.

NEW! 

  • add color to your fonts
  • use textures in your headlines
  • overlay with transparent text

Mac system requirements

Mac OS X (Intel and PowerPC), Adobe InDesign CS3 or CS4

Windows system requirements

Windows XP/Vista, Adobe InDesign CS3 or CS4.

Photofont ID

Use photofonts in Adobe InDesign!

for Mac and Windows

Photofont? is an exciting new font technology that allows you to create and use multi-color type with transparency.

Photofonts are files with the extension .phf. They are bitmap fonts that can be of any size, use up to 16 million colors and alpha transparency.

Photofont ID is our plugin for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 for Mac and Windows that allows you to use photofonts inside of InDesign to set headlines in color, textures and photos.

The photofont file format specification is publicly available. It is based on open standards such as XML and PNG. You can create and edit photofonts using our professional bitmap font editor BitFonter for Mac OS X and Windows.

Visit our photofont.com website to learn more about the Photofont technology, view photofonts in use and download some free photofonts!

Visit photofont.com!

Photofont is a registered trademark of Fontlab Ltd.

 
Download and install Photofont ID

Download Download Photofont ID for Mac OS X

Download Download Photofont ID for Windows

After downloading, unpack the ZIP archive and see the included INSTALLATION.TXT file for installation instructions.

 
Photofont ID documentation

This short video shows the basic use of the free Photofont ID plugin for Adobe InDesign:
Introduction to Photofont ID on Vimeo