AFDKO AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like AFDKO

AFDKO is described as 'Collection of command-line tools used at Adobe for manipulating and creating OpenType font files. Can verify structures, and table entries and their checksums' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to AFDKO for Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Python. The best AFDKO alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AFDKO are TruFont, Private Character Editor, Microsoft Typography and BitFontMaker2™.

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

    31 FontForge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. TruFont icon
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    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
     
  3. (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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. A suite of tools for working with font files. The tools focus on comparing, manipulating, and validating font files that are to be shipped for Apple’s operating systems. Graphical tools includes Blinker, Font Proofer X, and MorxTester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. A tool that evaluates how closely a TrueType or OpenType font adheres to the current font format specification, as well as whether the font meets basic recommendations and deliverable guidelines from Microsoft.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Easily locate and eliminate hard-to-find font problems that wreak havoc on computer performance and applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. make-font-bolder is a small script based on FontForge that can create many bold variations (=weighted) of a given font.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
     
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