Tackling font problems? Lost your Type 1 fonts in Adobe apps? Want to put an icon, logo, or symbol into a font? TransType and FontLab are here for you! We’ll help you fix, improve, convert, and edit your fonts.

With TransType & FontLab, you can give your font collection a comprehensive facelift. Modernize, extend, and customize your existing font library, and take your first steps in professional type design!

TransType

🌟 TransType is our best-selling font converter for macOS and Windows. With TransType, you can convert Type 1 fonts into OpenType and WOFF, create intermediate weights between two existing fonts, add decorative effects to fonts, or overlay and colorize fonts and export them into Adobe-compatible OpenType-SVG.

FontLab 8

✨ FontLab is the world’s only cross-platform professional font editor that helps you create fonts from start to finish, from a simple design to a complex project, and brings a spark of magic into type design. With FontLab, you can design & edit any OpenType, variable, web & color font.

FontLab is the pro typeface designers’ trusted companion to craft smooth and consistent curves, comfortably tweak, space and kern a typeface, and then export robust fonts in any format. 

Effortlessly add icons, symbols and custom glyphs to any font. Turn static fonts into variable fonts with just a few clicks. Convert between TTF, OTF, WOFF and WOFF2 formats with no hassle. Tweak the kerning and spacing of any font to perfection. And create multi-color fonts to make your designs pop.

Learn FontLab in 8 lessons

Check out our new series of 8 super-short tutorials, and dive into font creation: 

• Part 1: Start making fonts — Make your first font way from scanned sketches
• Part 2: A‑B-C — Draw glyph with smart Bézier tools or calligraphic brush strokes
• Part 3: Beyond A‑B-C — Expand your character set with diacritics
• Part 4: Clever fonts — Add intelligent font behavior with OpenType features
• Part 5: Social letters — Fine-tune the rhythm with spacing & kerning
• Part 6: Bigger, bolder, better — Add bold, condensed and other styles
• Part 7: Beyond text — Use fonts for symbols, logos and icons that work everywhere
• Part 8: Color is the new black — Make multi-color fonts, not just for emoji

Is your digital cabinet a burial ground for old Type 1 fonts? With TransType, our intuitive Mac & Windows font converter, a simple drag-and-drop will instantly transform them all into modern OpenType fonts, and into WOFF web fonts, too!

Use your valuable fonts for years to come! Remember: Consult the End-User License Agreements of your fonts to check if conversion is permitted.

👏 In the words of CreativePro’s Mike Rankin, “The process of converting a Type 1 font with TransType could hardly be simpler.”

Imagine your font library growing with just a few clicks… Interpolate between existing font styles to generate medium, semi-bold, or extra-light weights. Apply special effects like rounded corners. Colorize any font in an Adobe-compatible format. TransType makes font customization fun and easy!

✨ TransType is your friendly font wizard. It optimizes your Mac or Windows font collection. Unlock the power of TransType, and transform your font collection into a dynamic masterpiece! If you want to push font customization to new horizons, scroll down to learn more about FontLab.

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