Colour Palette Creation is a Breeze With ColorPic

http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

Ever tried using a color picker on a high resolution monitor? It’s impossible. That’s why this color picker has a magnifier attached. Grab palettes of up to 16 colors at once and use four advanced color mixers to select a spectrum of possibilities.

ColorPic Features

ColorPic Version 4 is now available, with the following features: 

  • Easily pick any color from the screen
  • Totally 100% Free!
  • No popup adverts or spyware, it really is free
  • Colors shown in hex and decimal
  • Adjust Hue, Saturation, Value, Red, Green and Blue values
  • Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black percentages shown
  • Easy to use with any other program
  • Resizable magnification area
  • Overlay a grid for quick colorpicker alignment
  • Use arrow keys to nudge mouse pointer
  • Save multiple palettes of colors automatically
  • WebSafe Colors and names displayed
  • Snap to nearest WebSafe color
  • Point sample, 3×3 or 5×5 pixel color sampling
  • Adjust color with four advanced color mixers
  • Edit colorpicker values after selection easily
  • Easy to use collapsible sections
  • Works with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Photoshop and any other application

http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

Create a font from your own handwriting

http://www.fontcapture.com/

At fontcapture.com you can create a font from your very own handwriting. There’s no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner. Simply fill in the font template, scan and upload it to the fontcapture website, and download your completed font. The fonts you create can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.

http://www.fontcapture.com/

Manage your installed and non-installed truetype fonts

http://www.ampsoft.net

This program is an easy to use but powerful font manager, which allows getting a quick overview of both installed and non installed fonts. It can install and uninstall fonts, and organize them in categories. Some of its features are:

  • Supports TrueType and OpenType fonts.
  • Supports Type1 fonts.
  • Installation of fonts from a folder (one by one or from a list).
  • Installation of fonts temporally (until the program is closed).
  • Deletion of installed fonts.
  • List of all installed fonts with several display options.
  • List of the fonts from a folder with several display options.
  • Several options for organizing fonts in categories and managing them.
  • It can print a list of all or some of the installed fonts with an example of each font.
  • Scratchpad area for testing the look of any font (installed or from a folder).
  • Dual English/Spanish version.

http://www.ampsoft.net/

FontStruct. Build, Share and Download Fonts Online

http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/

FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop. FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. Creation is simple and there is a whole community to share your creations with.

http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/