If you’re serious about typeface design or font making, we encourage you to consider FontLab 8, our modern font editor for Mac and Windows. If you’re looking for a more affordable, simple app for making fonts, we also have educational pricing for TypeTool for Windows.
We offer several types of special offers for education: discounted licenses for individual students, discounted lifetime licenses for academic teachers, even more discounted licenses for academic institutions, group licenses for a short workshop, and group licenses for a semester-long course.
Prices listed below with “US$” are in U.S. dollars (USD). The buy buttons may show prices in your local currency. When you buy a license, you will be charged in your local currency, and appropriate taxes will be added to the price.
You can buy educational licenses directly from our online store. Use the links below, or contact orders@fontlab.com if you have questions. Fontlab Ltd is a Panama corporation and does not have a US tax ID or European VAT number.
If your institution is in the U.S. and requires a US tax ID, or if you wish to pay by cheque, please contact our U.S. educational distributors: Creation Engine or Academic Superstore. Edu prices at our distributors may vary.
We have distributors in other regions of the world. If your institution requires a local VAT number, or order processing in a local language, or you wish to pay with a method that we don’t support, please contact one of our worldwide distributors. Edu prices at our distributors may vary.
If you’re a student or teacher at an accredited college or university, or if you represent such an institution, you can buy an individual EDU student / teacher / school lifetime license for FontLab 8 at US$335, or the equivalent in your currency (= 32% discount off the full lifetime price).
The license is valid indefinitely. You can use FontLab for learning and for commercial work. You can use the license as an individual student, as a teacher, or you can install the license in the school lab. In future, you’ll be able to upgrade at a discount.
Buy lifetime EDU: $335After the purchase, we will ask you to verify your academic credentials, and we will send you your serial number typically within 48 hours.
If you buy 8 or more licenses of FontLab 8 edu student / teacher / school lifetime licenses, the price is US$240 per license, or the equivalent in your local currency (= 51% discount).
If you’re a student at an accredited college or university, you can also buy the EDU lifetime license (above), or you can buy a EDU student 1-year license for FontLab 8 at US$109, or the equivalent in your local currency (= 78% discount).
The license is valid for one year, during which you can use FontLab for learning and for commercial work. When the license expires and you’re still a student, you can buy another 1-year student license. At any time, you can upgrade to a lifetime license.
Buy 1-Year Edu: $109After the purchase, we will ask you to verify your student credentials, and we will send you your serial number typically within 48 hours.
If you’re a teacher at an accredited college or university, or represent such an institution, you can buy 8 or more EDU student / teacher / school lifetime licenses for FontLab 8 at US$240 per license, or the equivalent in your local currency (= 51% discount).
The licenses are valid indefinitely. The licenses can be used by students or teachers, or can be installed in the school lab. In future, you’ll be able to upgrade at a discount.
BUY ≥8× Lifetime Edu: $240If you wish to buy even more licenses, contact us at orders@fontlab.com
If you’re a teacher at an accredited college or university, or represent such an institution, you can also buy a EDU class / course license for FontLab 8 at US$249, or the equivalent in your local currency. The course license is valid for 4 months and for 20 computers. You’ll get one serial number, and you can give it to 20 students.
After the license expires, you can buy another course license. If your group is larger, you can buy several course licenses, each valid for 4 months and for 20 computers. The class / course license does not entitle you to future upgrade discounts.
Buy Course Lic: $249If you’re organizing a FontLab workshop (academic or non-academic), you can buy a workshop license for FontLab 8 at US$99, or the equivalent in your local currency. The workshop license is valid for 14 days and for 20 computers. You’ll get one serial number, and you can give it to 20 participants.
After the license expires, you can buy another workshop license. If your group is larger, you can buy several workshop licenses, each valid for 2 weeks and for 20 computers. The workshop license does not entitle you to future upgrade discounts.
Buy Workshop Lic: $99FontLab 8 comes with a rich collection of educational resources:
Built-in Quick Help and online manual
Free sample and template fonts
Curated video playlists about typeface design and font making
TypeTool 3 is our simple and affordable font editor. It works on Windows XP and newer Microsoft Windows systems. It also works in a very limited way on macOS. It is a good option for simple font making tasks. However, we encourage you to consider FontLab 8, which is cross-platform and much more modern.
If you’re a student or teacher at an accredited college or university, or represent such institution, you can buy an edu lifetime license for TypeTool 3 at US$24 or the equivalent in your local currency (= 51% discount). The license is valid indefinitely.
BUY Edu: $24After the purchase, we will ask you to verify your student or academic credentials, and will send you your serial number typically within 48 hours.
If you have more questions, contact orders@fontlab.com
