What Reddit Says About Font Builder Apps

Fontlab is basically all you need in the app itself. It lets you focus more the design part and handles most of the technical part for you - auto kerning groups & pairs, auto add opentype features, etc.

I couldn't agree more. Since I downloaded FontLab 8.3, I've spent more time reporting problems than actually doing type design. In fact, I had just sent an email to tech support asking if they beta test their software, just before reading this post.

I've designed a few custom display fonts, but never put them together officially and would like to practice and do so. Thanks! Share ... Hi. Glyphs is probably the most approachable tool that is used by professionals.

Fontra, FontForge, Glyphs Mini, FontSelf to name a few.

the easiest app is thefontcrafter.org as you can just draw your font there on the page no uploading or other programs like photoshop required. Basic set is also free, and it is fun. Works best if you have an ipad and stylus though.

There are some other options, like Robofont (mac only) or Fontlab (mac and windows), but they are more expensive and harder to learn. At least that’s what I have heard, haven’t tried myself yet. It always depends on what you like, of course: If you like a very technical approach and want to be able ...

I've never heard of a mobile app for making fonts, but there are some browser-based apps that may work on mobile devices, like Fontra, FontArk, Glyphr Studio, and Typlr.

I’m using Fontcase, but I recently realized that Adobe’s Creative Cloud supports font adding feature of iOS and it works very well.

Zfont is what I've seen people use and I've used it but you gotta change region to Vietnam for the font change there are other ways too, but the app says its the best way.

I haven't used Calligraphr but I hear about it a lot and it seems like a popular option if you're wanting to build a font from your own handwriting.

If you have jumped on Fontforge - then look into Inkscape instead of Illustrator, there is a lot of built in functionality and options that make it easy to work with Fontforge..

I want to make a Japanese one but it says that the free plan only supports 75 characters, but the set has over 400 (what a bummer). Do you know of any other methods? ... Hey! You can also use a tool called Font Forge.

But if you're looking for a basic font editor/designer that is much easier to use, I would recommend Glyphr Studio.

fontforge is a free software which works very well. it can be tricky to learn though, but worth it if you have the time · A subreddit for all questions related to programming in any language

Hard to find someone willing to put in the hundreds or thousands of hours of testing and work that software development takes while knowing they aren't going to be paid for it. That said, Fontforge is quite good and is available both for mac and windows. Fontlab does a LOT but i always found th...

I tried FontArk, but it's basically impossible to get an account there. Fontstruct? EVERYONE uses that.

FontExpert is a similar product. The interface is a little simpler, but still petty good. It's also worth looking into.

So there is RoboFont as an industry standard app, then you have Glyphs as well and some people use FontLab (since FLS5 I don’t use it that often anymore, so I can’t really say if you want that or not). There are some free alternatives like FontForge for example.