Free Glyphs AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like Glyphs

The best free alternative to Glyphs is FontForge, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Glyphs and 12 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Glyphs are BirdFont, FontStruct, Glyphr Studio and Private Character Editor.

Glyphs alternatives are mainly Font Editors but may also be Graphic Design Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Glyphs.

Glyphs

Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor

Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor.

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FontForge
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
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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 Glyphs.
- - FontForge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Glyphs.
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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
Opinions about FontForge as a Alternative to Glyphs
Almost everyone thinks FontForge is a great Glyphs alternative.
BirdFont
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Freemium • Open Source
Font Editor
Graphic Design Tool
Mac
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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
FontStruct
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
25 FontStruct alternatives
FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop.
- - FontStruct is the most popular Web-based alternative to Glyphs.
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FontStruct Features
Drag and Drop
Typography
Glyphr Studio
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
21 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!.
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Glyphr Studio Features
Add ligatures
Private Character Editor
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
25 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
29 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
20 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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Karektar
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Online
24 Karektar alternatives
Karektar is a React/TS app for building exportable bitmap fonts from custom glyph sets.
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TruFont
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
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Windows
Linux
30 TruFont alternatives
TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.
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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."
Type light
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
23 Type light alternatives
With Type light you can design, edit and convert OpenType, TrueType and PostScript fonts. As a light version of Type 3.2 font editor it is your ideal package for entering into the world of font creation.
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Type light Features
Typography
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.
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Calligraphr Features
Handwriting
Unique
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
22 Unique alternatives
A custom font goes a long way, giving you that special extra. Simply select, customise and off you go with a font you love.
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Unique Features
Web fonts
Custom fonts
Google Fonts