Open Source Fontself Maker AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like Fontself Maker

The best open source alternative to Fontself Maker is FontForge. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Fontself Maker and five of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Fontself Maker are BirdFont, Glyphr Studio, Karektar and TruFont.

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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.

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Fontself Maker alternatives page was last updated Sep 26, 2023
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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.

    31 FontForge alternatives
    FontForge editing the font "Santana" on Ubuntu 10.10

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    FontForge Features

    1.  Font maker
    2.  Portable
    3.  Typography
    4.  Web fonts
    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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    FontForge VS Fontself Maker

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    • Almost everyone thinks FontForge is a great Fontself Maker alternative.

    • FontForge is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Fontself Maker.

    • FontForge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Fontself Maker.

    • FontForge is Free and Open SourceFontself Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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    BirdFont

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    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.

    21 BirdFont alternatives
    Background image on windows

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    BirdFont Features

    1.  OTF editing
    2.  Color Fonts Support
    3.  TTF editing
    Lower case o on Mac OS X
    Logo on Ubuntu
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    Glyphr Studio

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    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!.

    21 Glyphr Studio alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Glyphr Studio Features

    1.  Add ligatures
    2.  Options for re-scaling
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    Glyphr Studio VS Fontself Maker

    Is Glyphr Studio a good alternative to Fontself Maker?
     

    • Glyphr Studio is the most popular Web-based alternative to Fontself Maker.

    • Glyphr Studio is Free and Open SourceFontself Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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    Karektar

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

    23 Karektar alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    TruFont

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    TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.

    29 TruFont alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Discontinued

    According to the Github page:"Maintenance status: The trufont project is currently discontinued. Although we will happily accept bug fixes, no new features are currently planned."

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