FontForge

FontForge is a free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats. FontForge is a free and open source font editor brought to you by a community of fellow type lovers. You can donate to support the project financially. Type design is visually complex as well as highly technical, however it is easier to begin making type now than ever, partly because of the availability of free tools like FontForge. While being a handy tool with which to begin, FontForge is not just for beginners. It has an advanced toolset and is rapidly improving at the time this book is being written. FontForge can be fine-tuned in various ways. Here are some tips and tricks for doing so. You have many options for optimizing FontForge for your platform and workflow.

Features

FontForge uses three mouse button clicks for some extra functions
FontForge has the same interface on Windows, Mac OS and GNU/Linux operating systems
Double click a glyph in the Font View to open it in the Character View
Create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType
OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed

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License

GNU Free Documentation License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

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Related Categories

C Fonts

Registered

2022-02-04

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