FontCreator

I have been using Font Creator since version 5.6 hence since about 2006. I am not a commercial font developer but I have used this font editor to pursue my hobby of designing calligraphic fonts from scratch. As a result I have designed fonts from Uncial, Carolingian, Italics and most of the others including faithful Trajan Capitals. It has been a delightful experience and I can strongly recommend Font Creator to anyone who has a professional need or looking for a new hobby.

The key features of Font Creator is its short learning time. I got designing after reading the first half a page of a worked example from the program's manual. It is that user friendly. Other font editors require several weeks of intense learning cycle. With Font Creator I got going basically in a few minutes.

I am also a user of FontLab. A great program and perhaps the best in the market, but after 5 years or more I am still learning and nearly always I opt to go back to Font Creator and accomplish my task much quicker.

My only regret is that Font Creator is only available for Windows and since I became a Mac user I have to boot-up my desktop or MacBook Pro as a Windows machine. But Font Creator in 5K resolution is a treat to view. In short: Font Creator is simple to learn, powerful and does it all. Professional font developers will find it very productive indeed.

[Edited by algrass, October 31]

FontCreator Pro is a font creator designed to help you create your own signature, logo and handwriting, or a font to install and use on your computer.

FontCreator Pro is a powerful tool that allows you to accurately create and design your own fonts. It can be used by both novices and experts.
Designing fonts isn't easy, but FontCreator Pro simplifies the process with an intuitive interface and tons of features. Its specialized drawing tools allow you to design glyphs one by one. If you're not patient enough to start from scratch, it's easy to import an existing TrueType (TTF) font and start editing every detail. You can also convert images to glyphs, which allows you to turn a logo or your handwriting into a custom font. That said, it's the bonus utilities that elevate FontCreator Pro to the pro level. Glyph Transformer allows you to instantly bold, rotate, or change every character in a font. You can also set kerning, change character-to-glyph mapping, and validate fonts to find common issues. FontCreator Pro rich features and recently improved ease of use make it a great choice for character designers of all skill levels.
First-time users will probably have a hard time getting around this software, but they should read the help file with confidence. It does not take a long time to learn how to use FontCreator Pro, and its comprehensive feature set is explained in detail in the available documentation.
We have not encountered any problems during our tests. In addition, FontCreator Pro uses a small amount of CPU and resources. The fact of the matter is that the software is great for building and designing fonts.
You can also search for a glyph by its postscript name and by its mappings, set bookmarks in the Glyph Overview and Glyph Edit window, change glyph properties, copy and paste glyphs, add a new character, use glyph metrics to help you design the font, and more.
Wonderful, productive, productive software for any typographer who likes to tinker with design and not all the rattling around. Absorbing and innovative software that is designed excellent and constantly improving, and also great service, I highly recommend !!

In the three months or so since FontCreator 13, Build 2610 was released on 18th March the sole developer has added several new features. Most program updates for other software just fix bugs, but as well as fixing bugs the developer adds significant new features. All upgrades are free for existing users.

Unified Font Objects
These are used to exchange fonts with other font editors that support them FontCreator 13 can now import or export UFOs. (Caveat, colour font data is not supported). The built-in Code Editor can switch to FEA feature definitions.

Glyph Name Completion
Type the first few letters of a Unicode glyph name and press Ctrl+Space to display a list of glyph names starting with those letters. (Note: glyph names are case-sensitive, so Roc will not find 🚀— you have to type roc.

OpenType Explorer
Easily find classes, lookups, and features.

Resize Groups of Points
Select a group of points (nodes) in the glyph edit window, and press shortcut "t" or click again to get resizing handles.

Validation Improvements
OpenType code checking finds more errors.

Font Creator is one of the best font designing application. It is user friendly and very comprehensive. All the aspects a designer need are in this application.

It has everything I need. I am happy for having Font creator. Thanks to the font creator team to provide us with such an amazing thing.
I highly recommend.

As a first time font developer, I found FontCreator the perfect software for font development. I had experimented with other programs beforehand but found FontCreator to be the most reliable and efficient in comparison. Despite my inexperience, I was able to pick it up rather quickly and receive stellar results as the software is easy to learn and use. I would undoubtedly recommend this program to both experienced and non-experienced users alike as they are bound to receive beyond satisfactory results.

FontCreator 13, released in April 2020, is packed with features that blows away the competition. Brilliantly executed program with tools, such as Automatic Metrics, to save lots of time in font creation. I love the Visual Glyph Spacing preview, so you can get the spacing just right every time. It helps to be able to quickly replace the sample text so you can see the spacing on the fly.

The color vector fonts are the bomb. Can't wait to dig into that!

As a FontCreator user for many fonts for many years, I can clearly say for sure, after looking at all the alternatives and software available on the market, for Windos and Mac, I can say for sure, FontCreator is the best software on the market in terms of reliability and simplicity, fast performance and zero Bugs, easy and convenient to use and especially intuitive
Thanks to the creators of FontCreator, you give us the power and engine to create more and more letters.