Glyphs Alternatives

Glyphs is described as 'Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Glyphs for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and BSD apps. The best Glyphs alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Glyphs are BirdFont, MkFont, FontCreator and Glyphr Studio.

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  1. Type light icon
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    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
     
  2. Typlr.app icon
     3 likes

    A web-based font editor.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. 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
     
  4. (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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. TypeTool icon
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    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
     
  7. Fontographer icon
     4 likes

    Fontographer is a font editor for mac and windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Need to generate your own font? Our font creators make your handwriting as your font. You can use our font generators and create your own font online.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. RoboFont icon
     Like

    RoboFont is a UFO based, mac only, font editor.

    Written from scratch in Python with scalability in mind. The editor allows full scripting access to objects and interface. The application is a platform for drawing and modifying typefaces and much more.

    25 RoboFont alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Unique icon
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    A custom font goes a long way, giving you that special extra. Simply select, customise and off you go with a font you love.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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