Font Editors

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  1. FontForge icon
     94 likes

    Fontforge is a free Typeface (font) editor program for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux and is localized in several languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    FontForge editing the font "Santana" on Ubuntu 10.10
    Mastering FontForge drawing tools

From the main window, double-click on one of the glyph boxes to launch the Glyph Window. <http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Using_the_Fontforge_Drawing_Tools.html>
    This automatic placement of diacritic marks can be tuned by preferences, found in the ‘accents’ section of FontForge’s preferences menu ‘File > Preferences > Accents’ <http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Diacritics_and_Accents.html>
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    Find Problems: The first tool is called Find Problems, and is found under the Element menu. You must first select one or more glyphs — either from the font view, the outline view, or the metrics view — then open the Find Problems tool. The tool presents you with an assortment of potential problems in eight separate tabs.
<http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/Making_Sure_Your_Font_Works_Validation.html>
    31 alternatives
  2. BirdFont icon
     27 likes

    This free font editor allows creation of vector graphics and exports TTF, OTF, EOT, and SVG fonts, providing multiple formats for your designs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. MkFont icon
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    MkFont is a free (libre) tool to create & export fonts from existing assets. Component-based workflow, with advanced features to nit-pick & tweak metrics in a non-destructive way!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    18 alternatives
  4. FontCreator icon
     19 likes

    FontCreator, available for both Windows and macOS, is a professional font editor that allows you to create and edit TrueType, OpenType, and variable fonts. It features powerful drawing tools essential for typographers and graphic designers, while its intuitive interface ensures...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    FontCreator for Windows
    FontCreator for macOS
    OpenType Designer
    26 alternatives
  5. Glyphr Studio icon
     10 likes

    Glyphr Studio is a free online font editor to make good looking professional typefaces. Many professional font editors are very complex and/or very expensive. This tool however is streamlined and made for font design hobbyists... and it's free!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    22 alternatives
  6. Glyphs icon
     11 likes

    Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Fontself Maker icon
     13 likes

    Meet the fastest & easiest tool to create OpenType fonts, right within Illustrator & Photoshop CC. Fontself is used by thousands of creatives, including at Nike, Adobe, Google, Disney, Ubisoft or Sony.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Illustrator
    • Adobe Photoshop
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  8. Type light icon
     6 likes

    With Type light you can design, edit and convert OpenType, TrueType and PostScript fonts. As a light version of Type 3.2 font editor it is your ideal package for entering into the world of font creation.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. iFontMaker is the world's first font editor designed for iPad. You can create your "handmade" typeface in less than 5 minutes¹ just with your fingers. Your fonts are then ready to install on your computers and also on your iPad & iPhone for any apps.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPad
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  10. FontStruct icon
     14 likes

    FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    25 alternatives
  11. AFDKO icon
     3 likes

    AFDKO is a collection of command-line tools used at Adobe for manipulating and creating OpenType font files. Can verify structures, and table entries and their checksums.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    9 alternatives
  12. FontLab Studio icon
     15 likes

    FontLab Studio 5 is next-generation professional font editor for Mac and Windows. Used by Adobe, Apple, Bitstream, IBM, Linotype, Microsoft, Monotype, Morisawa and almost every other major font foundry in the world, it is the comprehensive solution for font foundries...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    26 alternatives
  13. FontLab icon
     13 likes

    With FontLab VI, you can create, open, modify, draw, space, kern, hint and export desktop, web, color and variable fonts. The app is an all-around font editor, but also supports data interchange with other font creation tools, making it easy to integrate into your existing...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. TruFont icon
     4 likes

    TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    30 alternatives
  15. FontArk icon
     2 likes

    A browser-based font editor, font creator, featuring the most versatile real-time multiple glyphs editing system. Open beta.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    10 alternatives
  16. (Windows built-in) Using Private Character Editor (PCE), you can create up to 6,400 unique characters (such as special letters and logos) for use in your font library. PCE contains basic tools for creating and editing characters, along with more advanced options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  17. Fony icon
     3 likes

    Fony is an editor for bitmap (raster) fonts. While the focus is on Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts, it can import and export some other popular file formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  18. Internal tools developed at Microsoft for manipulating and creating OpenType and TrueType font files. Used in development of new font toolsets and fonts. The tools includes TTFdump, TrueType Open Assembler, Flint, SBIT32, CacheTT, FastFont, and AddTable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  19. YourFonts.com icon
     4 likes

    YourFonts is an online font generator that turns your handwriting into a font that you can use in every program that you own. 250,000+ fonts already made!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    21 alternatives
  20. TypeTool icon
     2 likes

    TypeTool is our basic font editor for Mac OS and for Windows. For students, hobby typographers and creative professionals who occasionally need to create or customize fonts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  21. What is required to create a good bitmap font? Maybe some desire and time? Yes, but even the most gifted craftsman fails to impress without proper tools. If you want to make fonts, then take a look at Sib Font Editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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