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This article is about a tool used as a piece of equipment. For other uses see Tool (disambiguation).

A tool is a piece of equipment that (most commonly) provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task. The most basic tools are simple machines. For example, a crowbar simply functions as a lever. The further out from the pivot point, the more force is transmitted along the lever.

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Clear Demo - Steve Gibson explains subpixel rendering as used in Microsoft ClearType, shows how it originally worked on the Apple II, and provides a 35k Windows program to experiment with subpixel rendering.
Meta Description: [ A summary of current sub-pixel rendering resources on the web. ]

Absolute Fonter Viewer - Font management utility that uses an HTML like interface for viewing and printing fonts.
Meta Description: [ font viewer for viewering win fonts ]

Acentos y otras yerbas - Character Map and Equivalences - Software shows all the 256 ASCII character set available from the selected font, and the decimal, hexadecimal, binary and octal equivalencies, and the needed keystrokes, including the control's characters.

Adobe Type Manager Deluxe - Font manager for True Type and Type 1 fonts.

Advanced Font Viewer - Basic program that allows all fonts installed on a system to be viewed simultaneously, with example text written in each font displayed alongside. Print out samples of the text, in all accessible variants of writing. [Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP]
Meta Description: [ Font viewer - freeware and shareware, print fonts list, perfect screen ruler ]

AL Font Installer - Install new fonts on the computer quickly and easily. Look at any font, and how it will be installed on the computer.
Meta Description: [ AL Font Installer is addition to the control panel Windows Fonts. It provides more convenient way for installing a new fonts on your computer. With the help of this program you can look through any fonts, how they will be installed on your computer. The fonts can be located on CD-R, CD-RW, hard d... ]

Bargain Font Tools - Freeware, shareware, and commercial font editing, managing, and converting tools. Mac and PC.
Meta Description: [ Freeware, shareware, and commercial font editing, managing, and converting tools. Mac and PC. ]

Bitstream Inc. - btX is a font subsystem that brings sophisticated font capabilities to the X Windows environment. btX gives Linux the same font presentation as that found on the Macintosh and Windows.

D-Type Font Engine and Grayscale Rasterizer - Scalable graphics library for smooth (anti-aliased) text and vector based graphics with direct support for TrueType, Type 1 and D-Type fonts.
Meta Description: [ D-Type Font Engine and Grayscale Rasterizer: smooth, antialiased scalable graphics with TrueType, Adobe Type 1 and DType fonts ]

Dave Emmett's Softy Support Page - Softy is a shareware editor for TrueType and Bitmap fonts.
Meta Description: [ Softy is a shareware editor for TrueType and Bitmap fonts ]

EuroCheck - Checks your fonts and operating system for support of the Euro symbol. Freeware.
Meta Description: [ EuroCheck software checks your fonts, printer, keyboard and operating system for euro symbol support ]

Font Creator Program - Easily create, design, edit and modify True Type Fonts. Use the modified fonts in Windows 3.11 and higher. Convert bitmaps to glyphs.
Meta Description: [ FontCreator has the powerful font-creation tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that even allows beginners to become productive immediately. ]

Font Fusion - Bitstream's latest, most advanced font rasterizing engine, a font subsystem that renders high quality characters in any format, at any resolution, on any device.

Font Management and ATM Deluxe - Training CD which provides an understanding of both screen and printer fonts, ATM Deluxe and working with PostScript, TrueType, and Multiple Master fonts.
Meta Description: [ Font Management and ATM Deluxe Training live online includes a guide to understanding both screen and printer fonts. It provide tutorials on ATM Deluxe and gives technical hints on working with PostScript, TrueType, and Multiple Master fonts. ]

Font Properties Extension - An extension that adds several new property tabs to the Windows' font properties dialog box, including information relating to font origination and copyright, the type sizes to which hinting and smoothing are applied, and the code pages supported by extended character sets.

Font Runner - Font management tool that allows one to use TrueType fonts without having to install them.

Font Utilities - Advanced Font Catalog is an easy to use tool with explorer-like interface which allows you to catalog the drives with fonts files. Windows shareware.
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Font Wrangler - A shareware font manager from Alchemy Mindworks Inc. that will install, remove, rename, print a contact sheet and browse TrueType fonts under Windows 95/98/2000/NT, with batch processing and visual previews.
Meta Description: [ Alchemy Mindworks -- Font Wrangler, the Windows TrueType font manager ]

404 FontAgent: Font Manager - Utility for fixing corrupt fonts, duplicate fonts, unmatched fonts, and other font problems.

FontExpert - The first typeface identification software, recognizing more than 25,000 typefaces, available on CD-ROM and as online service on the web.
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FontExpert 2003 - Windows font manager, and viewer for Adobe Type 1 and TrueType fonts.
Meta Description: [ FontExpert - Font Manager for Windows, R-WIN - Keyboard and Language Tools, Round Clock - Desktop Alarm. ]

FontForge - A postscript font editor to create postscript, TrueType, opentype, cid-keyed and bitmap (bdf) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also, convert one format to another.

FontLab Digital Typography Tools - Software for font design, creation, conversion, editing and manipulation: FontLab, ScanFont, TypeTool, TransType, FONmaker, and FontLab Composer.
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Fontlab LTD - Typography tools for editing, converting, designing, and manipulating digital typefaces and font families.
Meta Description: [ FontLab - the professional font editor. TransType - the universal font converter. Typography tools for every need, language and level of expertise. , ]

Fontlinge Fontmanager - Searches for font files, sorts them into folders, and stores the information in a database. Web interface and tarball font download provided.
Meta Description: [ Fontlinge - GPL font manager for Linux - GPL-Schriften-Verwaltung f�r Linux Fonts ]

FontMap - Shareware application to view installed and external fonts or preview and install fonts.
Meta Description: [ FontMap may be used to view both installed and external fonts in several different formats; descriptive information on the font type, copyright, author, etc. can also be displayed. ]

FontShow 2000 - A small program useful for viewing the TrueType fonts installed on your Windows system.
Meta Description: [ Display all fonts installed on MS Windows systems ]

FontTool - Converts the entire character set of a Windows font to a 16 x 16 character map and writes out an uncompressed Windows BMP. Ideal for using proportional fonts in games and speed critical apps.

Identifont - Identify a font with the Identifont online typeface identifier. Answer a few questions about the letters in your sample and see a list of typefaces that match.
Meta Description: [ Identify a font with the Identifont online typeface identifier. Answer a few questions about the letters in your sample and see a list of typefaces that match! ]

Insidersoftware.com - Makers of FontAgent, SiteSqueeze and ServerMatic. Depending on the product, versions exist for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS's 8, 9 and X. Free trials.
Meta Description: [ Makers of FontAgent Pro, Smasher and Font Management Tools for Creative Professionals. Free trials. ]

Lose Your Mind Development - Publishers of Printer's Apprentice, a professional font manager for TrueType and Adobe Type 1 font files, and other font utilities for Microsoft Windows.
Meta Description: [ Lose Your Mind Development publishes Printer's Apprentice, a powerful Windows font manager for TrueType, OpenType and Adobe Type 1 font files ]

500 Macromedia Fontographer - Create royalty-free fonts for print, multimedia, and the Internet.

Morrison SoftDesign - Professional software Development Company focused on creating quality font applications for the publishing industry. Products include FontDoctor, FontXpress, and FontVista.

MyTools - Shareware package that views fonts (installed or not), prints font catalogs, manages fonts, and installs and uninstalls fonts quickly.
Meta Description: [ Image, Font Software and Utilities for Windows. Official home for MyPictures, MyFonts, FontTrax, Font Namer, and FontSpec Pro. UniTech / MyTools.com ]

Noah The Font Surgeon - A native Type 1 font editor. It can be used to open, change and save PostScript Type 1 (PFB) fonts and their metric (PFM) files. [Win 3.1/9x/NT]

Sub-Pixel Font Rendering Technology - A complete and clear explanation of Microsoft's 'ClearType' Technology, including a freeware demo application.
Meta Description: [ A complete and clear explanation of Microsoft's 'ClearType' Technology -- including a freeware demo application. ]

SunRav Fonter - Software designed for viewing installed fonts on the computer.
Meta Description: [ SunRav Fonter - fonts preview tool ]

The Freetype Project - A free, quality and portable font engine/driver for TrueType fonts.
Meta Description: [ The FreeType Project: a free, high-quality and portable font engine ]

True Type Font to Postscript type 1 Converter - Converts nearly all True Type fonts to an Adobe Type 1 .pfa file.

Truedoc.com: Bitstream Dynamic Fonts - Overview of Bitstream's dynamic font technology, FAQs, examples, free downloadable samples and information on Bitstream WebFont Maker software.

TTf Manager Version 3 for Windows - Install and uninstall fonts in a click, set groups of fonts, and find and check fonts.
Meta Description: [ Font Manager for Windows. Efficient and Effective Management of your TrueType Fonts. ]

TTFPreview - Free utility to preview True Type Fonts.

Type Solutions, Inc. - Font Fusion font rendering engine technology.
Meta Description: [ Type Solutions, Inc. Visit this font technology site for information on Font Fusion, a next-generation powerful small-footprint outline font rasterizer and font engine. ]

Typograf Font Manager - 32-bit app that preview, print, and manage TrueType and Type 1 fonts. Sort font previews by filename, directory, font name, size, date, kerning pairs or copyright. [Win 95/98/NT/2000]
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Universal Typeface Converter - Font conversion program for anyone who needs more typefaces, wants to create new variations of fonts, or wants to use their typefaces in a broader variety of applications.
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Windows 95 Font Smoother - System enhancement to makes text easier to read and more pleasant to look at.

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