FontLab is a professional font editor for Mac and Windows: variable font support (up to 65,536 axes), OpenType/color font creation, auto-kerning, complex script support (Arabic, Devanagari, CJK), and COLRv1 gradient/transparency effects.
FontLab 8: $499 list, frequently on sale for $299-349. Students/teachers: lifetime license $335 (32% off). Free 10-day fully-functional trial.
Type designers building professional, production-ready fonts, especially those needing variable font axes or complex non-Latin script support.
Wait for a sale before buying at list price. FontLab is frequently discounted to $299-349, a meaningful savings off the $499 list price.
An integrated font editor helping create fonts from start to finish.
