FontStruct Alternatives

FontStruct is described as 'free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FontStruct, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and BSD apps. The best FontStruct alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to FontStruct are BirdFont, FontCreator, Glyphs and Glyphr Studio.

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FontStruct

Free • Proprietary
Font Editor

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

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FontForge
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
30 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 FontStruct.
- - FontForge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FontStruct.
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FontForge Features
1. PortableFontForge can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Font maker
Typography
Web fonts
BirdFont
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Freemium • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
22 BirdFont alternatives
Birdfont is a free font editor which lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, OTF, EOT and SVG fonts.
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BirdFont Features
OTF editing
Color Fonts Support
TTF editing
FontCreator
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
24 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 FontStruct.
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FontCreator Features
Color Fonts Support
Web fonts
OpenType Support
Comments about FontCreator as a Alternative to FontStruct
pros, cons and recent comments
Shinzakura
Thought it is a pay version, Font Creator adds many other things that can't be replicated in Fonstruct, such as font validation, PANOSE, and much of the metadata.
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Glyphs
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
22 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
Glyphr Studio
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
20 Glyphr Studio alternatives
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!.
- - Glyphr Studio is the most popular Web-based alternative to FontStruct.
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Glyphr Studio Features
Add ligatures
YourFonts.com
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
22 YourFonts.com alternatives
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!
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YourFonts.com Features
Handwriting
Colored Text
Type 3.2
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
22 Type 3.2 alternatives
Type 3.2 is advanced typography made accessible. Design, edit and convert OpenType and TrueType fonts. Run user defined Actions (eg italicise your font) and add OpenType features (eg ligatures and small capitals).
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Type 3.2 Features
Typography
Private Character Editor
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
24 Private Character Editor alternatives
(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.
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BitFontMaker2™
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
28 BitFontMaker2™ alternatives
Fast and easy Online Bitmap font Editor.
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BitFontMaker2™ Features
Typography
Fony
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
19 Fony alternatives
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.
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Fontself Maker
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
22 Fontself Maker alternatives
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 Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsFontself Maker can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Font maker
Typography
Color Fonts Support
Handwriting
FontLab Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
24 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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FontLab Studio Features
Typography
Discontinued
The program can be still bought from the official website, but it will not receive other updates. Its successor is FontLab