Calligraphr AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Font Editors

The best free Font Editor alternative to Calligraphr is FontForge, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Calligraphr and 15 are free Font Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Font Editor alternatives to Calligraphr are BirdFont, MkFont, Glyphr Studio and Type light.

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  1. FontForge icon
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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.

    32 FontForge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. BirdFont icon
     32 likes

    With BirdFont, create vector graphics and export fonts in TTF, OTF, EOT, and SVG formats. Developed by Johan Mattsson, it supports kerning adjustments, glyph imports, and is cross-platform and beginner-friendly. Open-source and community-driven.

    23 BirdFont alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. MkFont icon
     4 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Glyphr Studio icon
     10 likes

    Glyphr Studio is a free online font editor to make good looking professional typefaces. Many professional font editors are very complex and/or very expensive. This tool however is streamlined and made for font design hobbyists... and it's free!.

    23 Glyphr Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Type light icon
     7 likes

    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.

    22 Type light alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Karektar icon
     2 likes

    Karektar is a React/TS app for building exportable bitmap fonts from custom glyph sets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. FontStruct icon
     14 likes

    FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop.

    26 FontStruct alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. 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
     
  9. YourFonts.com icon
     4 likes

    YourFonts is an online font generator that turns your handwriting into a font that you can use in every program that you own. 250,000+ fonts already made!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  10. (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.

    26 Private Character Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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
     
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