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We've compiled a list of 27 free and paid alternatives to FontForge. The primary competitors include FontLab Studio, BirdFont. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between FontForge and Glyphs, YourFonts.com, RoboFont. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


FontLab Studio 5 is next-generation professional font editor for Mac and Windows.

BirdFont
Open Source

Birdfont is a free font editor which lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, OTF, EOT and...

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

YourFonts is an online font generator that turns your handwriting into a font that you can use in...

RoboFont is a UFO based, mac only, font editor.

This professional font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts.

Convert between various font formats on Windows.

Free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux

FontForge Platforms

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FontForge Overview

Typeface (font) editor program developed by George Williams. Fontforge is free software and is distributed under the BSD license. FontForge is available for several operating systems and is localized in several languages.Fontforge supports several font formats like TrueType, PostScript, OpenType, CID-keyed, multi-master, CFF, SVG, BDF, Datafork TrueType, etc. Fontforge can convert fonts from one format to another. FontForge can also store fonts in its native format called “spline font database files” using the .sfd extension, which has the advantage that is text-based.

Download is also available in GitHub releases.

FontForge Features

tick-square Font maker
tick-square Portable

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