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This is a technical feature comparison of font editors.
General[edit]
Basic general information about font editors: creator, first release date, latest stable version, latest release date and license.
Software | Creator | First Release Date | Latest Stable Version | Latest Release Date | License |
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BirdFont | Johan Mattsson | August 24, 2012 | Proprietary or open source | ||
Crossfont | Aaron Elkins | March 14, 2019 | Proprietary | ||
DTL FontMaster | 3.0 | Proprietary | |||
DTL FontMaster Light | 2.7[1] | Free | |||
DTL OTMaster | 6.3[1] | Proprietary | |||
DTL OTMaster Light | 3.7[1] | Free | |||
FontArk (Web service) | Proprietary | ||||
FontCreator | Proprietary | ||||
FontForge | George Williams | 20160404 | April 4, 2016 | Free | |
FontLab VI | Yuri Yarmola | 6.1.3 | March 2019 | Proprietary | |
Fontographer | Jim von Ehr | 5.2 | Proprietary | ||
Glyphr Studio | Free | ||||
Glyphs | Georg Seifert | 2011 | 2.4.4 | 2017 | Proprietary, file format and parts of the code open source |
Ikarus | Proprietary | ||||
RoboFont | Proprietary | ||||
Type | 3.2 | Proprietary | |||
Type light | 3.2.038 | Proprietary | |||
TypeTool | 3.1 | Proprietary | |||
VOGG | Free |
Operating system support[edit]
The table below lists the operating systems on which font editor can be run.
Software | Windows | OS X | Linux | Android | iOS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crossfont | Yes | ||||
DTL FontMaster | Yes | ||||
DTL FontMaster Light | Yes | ||||
DTL OTMaster | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
DTL OTMaster Light | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
FontCreator | Yes | ||||
FontForge | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
FontLab VI | Yes | Yes | |||
Glyphs | No | Yes | |||
RoboFont | Yes | ||||
Type | Yes | Yes | |||
Type light | Yes | Yes | |||
TypeTool | Yes | Yes | |||
VOGG | Yes |
General features[edit]
Below is an overview of general features typical for typographic editors.
Software | Maximum number of glyphs supported | Windows Type 1 (.pfb) editor | Mac Type 1 (LWFN) editor | OpenType TT / TrueType (.ttf) editor | Mac TrueType (sfnt/dfont) editor | TrueType Collection (.ttc) editor | OpenType PS (.otf) editor | Macro / Script |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FontCreator | 65535[2] | |||||||
FontForge | Yes[3] | |||||||
FontLab VI | unlimited in source file | import & export | import & export | import | import | import & export | Python scripting | |
Glyphs | unlimited in source file | import | import | import & export | import | import | import & export | Python script and plug-ins, Objective-C plug-ins, free SDK available |
The OpenType cmap table can reference a maximum of 65536 glyphs. [4]
TrueType hinting[edit]
Font editors supporting TrueType hinting can do that either automatically or manually. The availability of these functions and the possibility to debug hinting is indicated in the following table.
Software | Automatic TrueType hinting | Manual TrueType hinting | TrueType hinting debugger |
---|---|---|---|
FontLab VI | ttfAutohint & FontLab | GUI | code preview and rendering previews, including Windows ClearType on macOS |
Glyphs | ttfAutohint | GUI | live preview of 3 renderings |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcDTL FontTools - Downloads. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^'FontCreator Comparison Chart'. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^'FontForge Scripting Tutorial'. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/cmap.htm
External links[edit]
- Create your own font with these 14 best tools. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- 5 best font editors. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
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