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Font Editor

Portable

{app} can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.

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>

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>

FontForge

Windows

Linux

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

BirdFont

Glyphr Studio

Glyphs

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

{app} can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.

Fontself Maker

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

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

iFontMaker

iPad

iFontMaker is the world&#39;s first font editor designed for iPad. You can create your &quot;handmade&quot; typeface in less than 5 minutes&#185; just with your fingers. Your fonts are then ready to install on your computers and also on your iPad &amp; iPhone for any apps.

Apps with 'Font maker' feature

FontForge

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FontForge Features

Fontself Maker

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Fontself Maker Features

iFontMaker

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iFontMaker Features