Microsoft Typography AlternativesFont Editors and other similar apps like Microsoft Typography

Microsoft Typography is described as 'Internal tools developed at Microsoft for manipulating and creating OpenType and TrueType font files. Used in development of new font toolsets and fonts. The tools includes TTFdump, TrueType Open Assembler, Flint, SBIT32, CacheTT, FastFont, and AddTable' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Microsoft Typography for Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Python. The best Microsoft Typography alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Typography are MkFont, AFDKO, TruFont and Private Character Editor.

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  1. FontForge icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. MkFont icon
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    MkFont is a free (libre) tool to create & export fonts from existing assets. Component-based workflow, with advanced features to nit-pick & tweak metrics in a non-destructive way!.

    18 MkFont alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. AFDKO icon
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    AFDKO is a collection of command-line tools used at Adobe for manipulating and creating OpenType font files. Can verify structures, and table entries and their checksums.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. TruFont icon
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    TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. (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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. A suite of tools for working with font files. The tools focus on comparing, manipulating, and validating font files that are to be shipped for Apple’s operating systems. Graphical tools includes Blinker, Font Proofer X, and MorxTester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. A tool that evaluates how closely a TrueType or OpenType font adheres to the current font format specification, as well as whether the font meets basic recommendations and deliverable guidelines from Microsoft.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Easily locate and eliminate hard-to-find font problems that wreak havoc on computer performance and applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. make-font-bolder is a small script based on FontForge that can create many bold variations (=weighted) of a given font.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
     
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