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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.

FontForge editing the font "Santana" on Ubuntu 10.10

License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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>
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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>
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Features

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  1.  Font maker
  2.  Typography
  3.  Portable
  4.  Web fonts

 Tags

  • typeface
  • font-metrics
  • postscript

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FontForge information

  • Developed by

    US flagGeorge Williams

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5

  • Alternatives

    30 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  6,947 Stars
  •  728 Forks
  •  1101 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 21, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about FontForge, and it has gotten 89 likes

FontForge was added to AlternativeTo by Luccek on Apr 16, 2009 and this page was last updated Feb 10, 2023.

Comments and Reviews

   
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•Oct 31, 2020
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It's one of the best font creator app that i've tested, stable, solid, a little old UI but this don't affect his functionality.

BloodRaven0
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•Nov 27, 2021
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It's solid and functional, but the user interface is GOD AWFUL. It's like something made for robots. It hurts my eyes to look at it, and hurts my brain to think where a certain option might or might not be placed and how it might be named. Classic open source syndrome. Needs a MAJOR ui overhaul.

Aaron
•Jun 25, 2009
0

This does good for font creation, I used a program similar to this when I made up my own fonts, I just dont remember what that old program was called anymore.

What is FontForge?

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

Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.

Fontforge supports several font formats like TrueType, PostScript, OpenType, CID-keyed, multi-master, CFF, SVG, BDF, Datafork TrueType, etc. Fontforge can convert fonts from one format to another.

FontForge can also store fonts in its native format called “spline font database files” using the .sfd extension, which has the advantage that is text-based.

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