FontGear Inc. News


Fri, January 1, 2010

Charlotte, NC - FontGear, Inc. Offers Crossgrade Discount to FontDoctor Customers

FontGear Inc. announced today a 50% discount offer to current FontDoctor customers towards the purchase of FontXChange. The discount is offered to any customer with a valid FontDoctor 7 (or higher) serial number and allows the purchase of FontXChange for Macintosh for $49.99 instead of the usual $99. The offer is good for the first part of 2010 as a way to thank loyal FontGear customers. FontXChange is a powerful, easy to use font-conversion application that will convert fonts between common font formats.

FontXChange can be ordered from the FontGear website and the discount offer is applied at the time of purchase on the FontGear online order form.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the printing industry. FontGear Inc. is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
10130 Mallard Creek Rd.
Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28262

Main office:
1-800-583-2917

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Fri, January 1, 2010

Charlotte, NC - FontGear, Inc. opens new office in Charlotte NC

FontGear announced today the opening of their new office space in Charlotte NC. John Morrison, President of FontGear said that "this move marks another growth point for FontGear. I think this new facility provides a better context for us to take the next steps towards our goals of great products and a great customer experience". The new address is 10130 Mallard Creek Rd., Suite 200, Charlotte NC 28262.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the printing industry. FontGear Inc. is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
10130 Mallard Creek Rd.
Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28262

Main office:
1-800-583-2917

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Tue, September 8, 2009

FontGear releases FontXChange for Macintosh v2.1

CHARLOTTE, NC - FontGear, Inc. announced today the first release of FontXChange for Macintosh version 2.0.

FontXChange is a powerful, easy to use font-conversion application that will convert fonts between common font formats.

FontXChange can easily convert fonts to OpenType (PS), PostScript Type 1, and TrueType for both Macintosh or Windows.

Useful features include:

- Robust batch processing for converting entire font libraries
- Font inspection window with preview
- Support for many font encodings, including Adobe Standard, Unicode, Mac Roman, and Windows ANSI, and European.

What's new in version 2.1

- Snow Leopard compatibility and 64 bit support
- Support for TrueType Collection fonts (.ttc)
- Enhanced kerning support when converting from Mac PS Type 1 fonts
- Miscellaneous user interface fixes

FontXChange supports conversion of many font formats: Macintosh PostScript Type 1 (font suitcases and printer font files), Macintosh TrueType font suitcases, Apple dfont, Multiple Master, PC TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collections (.ttc), PC PostScript Type 1 (.pfb), and OpenType (.otf).

* FontXChange requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher.

* A free demonstration version can be downloaded from FontGear.net

* FontXChange is available for $99.00/Single User License

• FontXChange can be ordered and downloaded from our website at www.FontGear.net using all major credit cards, or by calling 1-800-583-2917.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the publishing industry. FontGear Inc. is well known for it's leading software products including FontDoctor, FontXChange, and FontVista. FontGear Inc. is a privately held company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
8124 Grahamson Ln.
Suite 102
Charlotte, NC 28269

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Tue, July 23, 2009

FontGear releases FontGenius for Macintosh v1.0

CHARLOTTE, NC - FontGear Inc. (formerly Morrison SoftDesign Inc.) announced today the release of FontGenius for Macintosh v1.0.

FontGenius is a font identification utility for Macintosh.

FontGenius examines pictures and identifies typefaces of any text within a picture. Using advanced recognition technology, FontGenius will produce a list of likely fonts that match selected characters within an image, and will generate character previews of the matched fonts.

FontGenius can match both installed fonts and uninstalled fonts using a built in font profile database. An internet search can also be performed on the list of results to locate, purchase, and/or download matched fonts.

Daniel Coleman, Marketing Director at FontGear Inc. said "We are excited about releasing a quality commercial product like FontGenius in an industry that will really benefit from something like this. Many of our customers have been asking for a full-featured font identification tool that will work well with color images - and we are glad to now offer this solution."

* FontGenius requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher and runs on both PPC and Intel Macs.

* A free demonstration version can be downloaded from www.FontGear.net

* FontGenius is available for $39.99 (Single User License)

* FontGenius can be ordered and downloaded from our website at www.FontGear.net using a major credit card, or by calling 1-800-583-2917.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the publishing industry. FontGear Inc. is well known for it's leading software products including FontDoctor, FontXChange, and FontVista. FontGear Inc. is a privately held company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
8124 Grahamson Ln.
Suite 102
Charlotte, NC 28269

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Tue, September 8, 2009

FontGear releases FontXChange for Macintosh v2.1

CHARLOTTE, NC - FontGear, Inc. announced today the first release of FontXChange for Macintosh version 2.0.

FontXChange is a powerful, easy to use font-conversion application that will convert fonts between common font formats.

FontXChange can easily convert fonts to OpenType (PS), PostScript Type 1, and TrueType for both Macintosh or Windows.

Useful features include:

- Robust batch processing for converting entire font libraries
- Font inspection window with preview
- Support for many font encodings, including Adobe Standard, Unicode, Mac Roman, and Windows ANSI, and European.

What's new in version 2.1

- Snow Leopard compatibility and 64 bit support
- Support for TrueType Collection fonts (.ttc)
- Enhanced kerning support when converting from Mac PS Type 1 fonts
- Miscellaneous user interface fixes

FontXChange supports conversion of many font formats: Macintosh PostScript Type 1 (font suitcases and printer font files), Macintosh TrueType font suitcases, Apple dfont, Multiple Master, PC TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collections (.ttc), PC PostScript Type 1 (.pfb), and OpenType (.otf).

* FontXChange requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher.

* A free demonstration version can be downloaded from FontGear.net

* FontXChange is available for $99.00/Single User License

• FontXChange can be ordered and downloaded from our website at www.FontGear.net using all major credit cards, or by calling 1-800-583-2917.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the publishing industry. FontGear Inc. is well known for it's leading software products including FontDoctor, FontXChange, and FontVista. FontGear Inc. is a privately held company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
8124 Grahamson Ln.
Suite 102
Charlotte, NC 28269

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Tue, July 23, 2009

FontGear releases FontGenius for Macintosh v1.0

CHARLOTTE, NC - FontGear Inc. (formerly Morrison SoftDesign Inc.) announced today the release of FontGenius for Macintosh v1.0.

FontGenius is a font identification utility for Macintosh.

FontGenius examines pictures and identifies typefaces of any text within a picture. Using advanced recognition technology, FontGenius will produce a list of likely fonts that match selected characters within an image, and will generate character previews of the matched fonts.

FontGenius can match both installed fonts and uninstalled fonts using a built in font profile database. An internet search can also be performed on the list of results to locate, purchase, and/or download matched fonts.

Daniel Coleman, Marketing Director at FontGear Inc. said "We are excited about releasing a quality commercial product like FontGenius in an industry that will really benefit from something like this. Many of our customers have been asking for a full-featured font identification tool that will work well with color images - and we are glad to now offer this solution."

* FontGenius requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher and runs on both PPC and Intel Macs.

* A free demonstration version can be downloaded from www.FontGear.net

* FontGenius is available for $39.99 (Single User License)

* FontGenius can be ordered and downloaded from our website at www.FontGear.net using a major credit card, or by calling 1-800-583-2917.

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the publishing industry. FontGear Inc. is well known for it's leading software products including FontDoctor, FontXChange, and FontVista. FontGear Inc. is a privately held company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

FontGear Inc.
8124 Grahamson Ln.
Suite 102
Charlotte, NC 28269

For purchase/ordering
1-800-583-2917

E-Mail: info@FontGear.net
Internet: www.FontGear.net


Tue, July 1, 2009

Morrison SoftDesign has changed it's name to FontGear Inc.

CHARLOTTE, NC -
It was announced today that Morrison SoftDesign Inc. has changed it's name to FontGear Inc.

John Morrison, President of the newly named FontGear Inc. said "While our commitment to quality software has not changed, a few other things have. Over the years our customers have grown to include not only design professionals, but also IT consultants, network administrators and technicians. As such, we feel our new name better reflects who and what our software tools are designed for. We could not be more excited about our future - and this name change is the first step of many great things to come for our customers."

Morrison also confirmed that the company's support of it's core market of designers and advertising professionals would remain unchanged."Our plan is to continue to listen to our customers and continue to provide enhancements and features to our existing software products, while at the same time looking to develop new ideas to meet the growing demand."

FontGear Inc. is a leading professional software development company for Macintosh and Windows, specializing in font application tools for graphics professionals and the printing industry. FontGear is best known for it's powerful font software products, like FontDoctor, FontXChange, and FontVista.

FontGear Inc. is a privately held company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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FontGear Inc.
8124 Grahamson Ln.
Charlotte NC 28269
800-583-2917
Info@Fontgear.net
www.FontGear.net