AFDKO AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like AFDKO

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   FontForge

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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.

   34 FontForge alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Font Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

   

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   PixelForge Font Editor

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   PixelForge is a pixel font editor, where you can create and edit fonts and export them, all in the same place. Some of the features are:

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Font Editor

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • itch.io

   

   

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   Microsoft Typography

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   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

   • Font Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   TruFont

    4 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Font Editor

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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   Private Character Editor

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   (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

   • Font Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United States

   

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   BitFontMaker2™

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   Fast and easy Online Bitmap font Editor.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Font Editor

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   Apple Font Tool Suite

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   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

   • Font Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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    Microsoft Font Validator

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    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.

    7 Microsoft Font Validator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

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    FontDoctor

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Font Editor

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    • United States

    

    

    

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    make-font-bolder

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    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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