Photofont Start is a free plugin that allows the use of photofonts in Adobe Photoshop and compatible applications for Mac OS and Windows.

NEW! in Version 2.0 (September 2007):

• new version for Photoshop CS3 for Mac (Universal binary, Mac Intel-compatible)
• tremendous speed increase on all platforms (selecting and previewing photofonts is 10x faster)
• minor bugfixes

Mac system requirements

Mac OS X (Intel and PowerPC) or Mac OS 9.2 (with CarbonLib 1.6) and an application that supports Photoshop plugins: see Installation and Compatibility for details.

Windows system requirements

Windows 98/2000/XP and an application that supports Photoshop plugins: see Installation and Compatibility for details.

Photofont Start 2.0

Use photofonts in Photoshop (free!). Version 2.0 for Mac and Windows.

Photofont® is an exciting new technology that allows you to create and use full-color bitmap type with transparency.

Photofonts are files with the extension .phf. With our free Photofont Start plugin, they can be used in the most popular bitmap-editing applications: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Macromedia Fireworks and applications that accept Photoshop plugins, for both Mac OS and Windows.

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.

Photofont® is a registered trademark of Fontlab Ltd.

Download Photofont Start 2.0 CS3 (free) on Mac OS X (Universal binary) by clicking any one of these links (same file, different servers). The plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and other Universal applications that support the Photoshop plugin interface. Users of CS2 and older versions of Photoshop, please use the other version of the plugin.

Mac Universal (CS3): US1 | US2 | EU | Asia

Download Photofont Start 2.0 CS2 (free) Mac OS 9 & Mac OS X (PowerPC-only) by clicking any one of these links (same file, different servers). Mac OS 8.6-9.2 users: please look for "Carbon" in our FAQ section. The plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and earlier and other PowerPC applications that support the Photoshop plugin interface.

Mac PowerPC (CS2 and earlier): US1 | US2

Download Photofont Start 2.0 (free) for Windows version by clicking any one of these links (same file, different servers). The plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS2 and earlier, and other Windows applications that support the Photoshop plugin interface.

Windows (CS3, CS2 and earlier): US1 | US2

Download Photofont Start user manual for Mac and Windows (PDF format). Right-click on one of these links and choose "Save Target As" or "Download Linked File":

Manual: US1 | US2

Sample Photofonts can be downloaded from the Photofont developer site: photofont.com/fonts/

The specification of the Photofont .phf file format is available at the Photofont developer site: photofont.com/documentation/