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DESCRIPTION
FontXChange can easily convert fonts to OpenType (PS), PostScript Type 1, and TrueType for both Macintosh or Windows. Useful features include:
  • Batch processing for converting entire font libraries
  • Preferences to set font encodings
  • Font inspection window with preview
  • Support for many font encodings, including Adobe Standard, Unicode, Mac Roman, and Windows ANSI, and European.
FontXChange is designed to understand many different font formats and can convert fonts into many different formats. This makes FontXChange useful to:
  • Convert PostScript Type 1 fonts (Macintosh or Windows format) into a single modern OpenType font file that works on both Macintosh & Windows. End the headaches of the outdated two-file system of screen font and printer font combinations. Just one font file that works.
  • Recreate missing screen fonts using a PostScript font file in any format.
  • Convert TrueType fonts to PostScript fonts. No more printing problems and incompatibilities associated with TrueType fonts and high-end output devices.
  • Convert Windows fonts to Macintosh to Macintosh and vice-versa. Easily share fonts across different computers, even different operating systems.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.7:
  • Added font validation code to check font values and fix if necessary
  • Added Support for the JSTF table and BASE table in the OpenType format
  • Added an error handler window for greater detail when errors occur
  • Fixed unicode file/folder name problems
  • Fixed confusion issue over filename extensions
  • Fixed issue with "256" encoding arrays
  • Fixed miscellaneous user interface issues
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.


Developer:Morrison SoftDesign
Downloads:8,425
  - Version d/l:1,322
Utilities:Font Tools
License:Demo
Date:23 Apr 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$99.00
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FontXChange User Reviews (3 posts)Write A Review
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Apr 26 2009
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SUNHILL2227  As previously mentioned, this looks to be a good application. I've had a couple of runs with it, and it certainly does work very well. It would be useful if it were possible to combine fonts in a single "suitcase" rather than creating a folder. Perhaps this can be done with the full version rather than the demo version.

As previously mentioned, the cost is prohibitive. I would certainly like to use the full version of this software, but it's a luxury which I would probably only use a dozen times in a year. So it's a shame, but I'll give this a miss.

If anyone could suggest an alternative (preferably cheaper if not better), I'd be keen to know.  
(Version 1.7)

praisebury
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Apr 23 2009
****.

DOUG S.  This is a great little app but a good example of pricing that doesn't reflect need. I'm not going to say this program isn't stable—it is—or that it isn't easy to use—it really is—or anything like that because I'd be lying. This app is brilliant. It does exactly what you'd like. What's more it does it fast. I can't confirm this but I'm relatively certain that it fixed a few fonts while it was converting them. Or, at least, made them stop causing problems.

The problem lies with the price. To give people an example of other programs in that cost the same or less we have VMware's Fusion, Panic's Coda, Apple iWorks, Apple iLife, OS X... Starting to see a trend? You can get some extremely powerful programs with a hefty amount of features for less than you can this program.

This program is great but far over-priced. After all if something is too expensive it doesn't matter how great it is it still won't sell. $15-35 would be a good price range for his app. Any more than that and people just won't buy it.

Too bad, they'll be missing out on a great app. I myself am going to find an alternative because this one is just too expensive.  
(Version 1.7)

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May 15 2008
*****

JACKWEB  Wow, what a cool little program. Is it really this underrated? I don't think I've seen any information about this anywhere else.

It does what it says and helped me a lot with some corrupt Windows ttf typefaces. It converted them perfectly and now they work, (only had one instance of a font not able to be converted).  
(Version 1.0.3)

praisebury
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