v5.1 [Aug 3, 2012]
In-context glyph design with Neighbors and Shape groups, true tangent points, color-customized and streamlined glyph window
Revolutionary new metrics and kerning editing: multiline preview, better class kerning, smart autogeneration of classes
Pixelfont support: import BDF files and make pixelfonts, built-in autotracing
Unicode 5.0 support: SMP codepoints, auto-generate over 2,500 accented characters from built-in definitions, new Unicode glyph template images (from Monotype Imaging)
Improved OpenType support with better VOLT integration, roundtrip editing of complex-script fonts, font merging, glyph suffix renaming
Five new printing modes, Quick Test fonts with system rendering
Open installed fonts, generate multiple fonts in one step
Redesigned preferences; save, open and exchange preference profiles and UI workspaces
Better autohinting with Flex Type 1 hints, Python 2.4 support
Manage your font library so you can have easy access to your favorite fonts.
