FSI FontShop International launched FF Subsetter, a tool for optimizing and customizing Web FontFonts in three easy steps.
The free service lets users significantly reduce file sizes to reduce bandwidth costs and make their websites faster.
Eighteen months ago FSI released Web FontFonts, becoming the first major foundry to offer fonts in WOFF, the format which has now become the webfont standard, supported by all major browsers.
The company started with a simple pay-once licensing model and optimized every font for the best possible display across platforms.
This month FSI further improved their files, making them up to 60% smaller with additional optimization for new versions of Windows and improved vertical metrics for consistent baseline positions in all browsers.
"Users should have more control over their fonts. One of the reasons our customers rely on FontFonts is because of their comprehensive character sets, but in the web environment cutting back on file size can be important, especially when speed matters," said FontFont Marketing Director Ivo Gabrowitsch. "That's why we built the Subsetter."
Smaller files mean faster websites and a better user experience. Dropping inessential characters from a webfont can make a big difference in the long term.
It also gives designers the opportunity to use more font styles with less of an impact on speed and bandwidth.