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between FontLab Studio and their more introductory font editing program TypeTool. In the summer of 2011, Fontlab released
Fontographer 5.1. As of 2023, Fontographer 5.2 is the latest release; it is compatible with Windows versions XP through 10, and as a 32-bit macOS application it is compatible with only versions 10.6 through 10.14 of the operating system.
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