Apple Font Tool Suite AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like Apple Font Tool Suite

Apple Font Tool Suite is described as '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' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to Apple Font Tool Suite for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Python and Adobe Illustrator apps. The best Apple Font Tool Suite alternative is Fontself Maker. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MkFont or AFDKO. Other great apps like Apple Font Tool Suite are RoboFont, Microsoft Typography, Microsoft Font Validator and FontDoctor.

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  1. Fontself Maker icon

    Fontself Maker

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

    23 Fontself Maker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Illustrator
    • Adobe Photoshop
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    • Fontself Maker is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Apple Font Tool Suite.

    • Fontself Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to Apple Font Tool Suite.

    • Fontself Maker is Paid and ProprietaryApple Font Tool Suite is Free and Proprietary
  2. MkFont icon

    MkFont

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    MkFont is a free (libre) tool to create & export fonts from existing assets. Component-based workflow, with advanced features to nit-pick & tweak metrics in a non-destructive way!.

    18 MkFont alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • MkFont is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Apple Font Tool Suite.

    • MkFont is Free and Open SourceApple Font Tool Suite is Free and Proprietary
    • MkFont is Lightweight and Privacy focusedApple Font Tool Suite is not according to our users
  4. RoboFont icon

    RoboFont

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    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
     
  5. AFDKO icon

    AFDKO

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    AFDKO is a collection of command-line tools used at Adobe for manipulating and creating OpenType font files. Can verify structures, and table entries and their checksums.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • AFDKO is the most popular Linux alternative to Apple Font Tool Suite.

    • AFDKO is Free and ProprietaryApple Font Tool Suite is also Free and Proprietary
  6. Microsoft Typography icon

    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Microsoft Font Validator icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. FontDoctor icon

    FontDoctor

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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. 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

    Platforms

    • Python
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