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> SO> .If you want to DESIGN fonts, you'll probably be *purchasing* Fontographer
>   > .for a hefty 500 bucks, at least.

dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)  writes:
> The latest MacWarehouse catalog has Fontographer 3.5 for $265.
> Fontmonger, as you thought, is strictly a conversion program.  It's $95.

As has been pointed out before, this is incorrect.  While FontMonger isn't
as *good* for designing fonts as Fontographer, it does work and let you
create new characters and even entire new fonts.  No manual hinting capabi-
lity, though (although it does do autohinting).

As far as I can tell, FontMonger has three advantages over Fontographer:
	1. It's cheap.  ~$95 now, and I got mine before the price went up.  :)
	2. It does more format conversions, I think.
	3. It's available for PCs (Windows) NOW, not just Real Soon Now.

That said, I don't think FontMonger and Fontographer are competing tools.
As I see it, Fontographer is aimed at the professional type designer, while
FontMonger is for casual users who want to convert some fonts and maybe add
some characters to existing fonts (or maybe create a custom symbol font).

Oh, and AllType is for people who want to thoroughly mangle their fonts.  :)

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