FontLab Alternatives

FontLab is described as 'With FontLab VI, you can create, open, modify, draw, space, kern, hint and export desktop, web, color and variable fonts. The app is an all-around font editor, but also supports data interchange with other font creation tools, making it easy to integrate into your existing' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FontLab for Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPad and Linux. The best FontLab alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FontLab are FontCreator, Glyphs, FontLab Studio and Calligraphr.

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FontForge
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
31 FontForge alternatives
Fontforge is a free Typeface (font) editor program for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux and is localized in several languages.
- - FontForge is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FontLab.
- - FontForge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FontLab.
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1. PortableFontForge can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Typography
Web fonts
FontCreator
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
25 FontCreator alternatives
This professional font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately.
- - FontCreator is the most popular commercial alternative to FontLab.
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FontCreator Features
Color Fonts Support
Web fonts
OpenType Support
Glyphs
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
23 Glyphs alternatives
Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor.
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Glyphs Features
OTF editing
OpenType Support
Typography
FontLab Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
25 FontLab Studio alternatives
FontLab Studio 5 is next-generation professional font editor for Mac and Windows. Used by Adobe, Apple, Bitstream, IBM, Linotype, Microsoft, Monotype, Morisawa and almost every other major font foundry in the world, it is the comprehensive solution for font foundries...
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Typography
Discontinued
The program can be still bought from the official website, but it will not receive other updates. Its successor is FontLab
Calligraphr
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
28 Calligraphr alternatives
Transform your handwriting or calligraphy into a font. With support for randomized letters, editing after scanning and many more features you want find in other tools.
- - Calligraphr is the most popular Web-based alternative to FontLab.
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Handwriting
TypeTool
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
22 TypeTool alternatives
TypeTool is our basic font editor for Mac OS and for Windows. For students, hobby typographers and creative professionals who occasionally need to create or customize fonts.
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Typography
Fontographer
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
25 Fontographer alternatives
Fontographer is a font editor for mac and windows.
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Typography
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FontArk
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
10 FontArk alternatives
FontArk LP is the developer of the innovative FontArk Font editor, font creator. An online web service that enables designers to generate fonts faster and easier than ever.
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Crossfont by Pixel Egg Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
25 Crossfont by Pixel Egg Studio alternatives
Easy-to-use font editor for Mac.
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Crossfont by Pixel Egg Studio Features
Typography
iFontMaker
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
iPad
25 iFontMaker alternatives
iFontMaker is the world's first font editor designed for iPad. You can create your "handmade" typeface in less than 5 minutes¹ just with your fingers. Your fonts are then ready to install on your computers and also on your iPad & iPhone for any apps.
- - iFontMaker is the most popular iPad alternative to FontLab.
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iFontMaker Features
Font maker
Typography
RoboFont
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
24 RoboFont alternatives
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.
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