Comparison of font editors

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This is a technical feature comparison of font editors.

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Basic general information about font editors: creator, first release date, latest stable version, latest release date and license.

More information Software, Creator ...
Software Creator First release date Latest stable version Latest release date License
BirdFont [1] Johan Mattsson August 24, 2012 Proprietary or open source
DTL FontMaster Dutch Type Library 3.0 Proprietary
DTL FontMaster Light Dutch Type Library 2.7[2] Free
DTL OTMaster 6.3[2] Proprietary
DTL OTMaster Light 3.7[2] Free
FontArk (Web service) Proprietary
FontCreator Erwin Denissen January 25, 1999 15.0.0.306 October 14, 2024 Proprietary
FontDraw Alexander Kirichenko April 25, 2022 1.0 April 25, 2022 Proprietary
FontForge George Williams 20230101 January 1, 2023 GPL3
FontLab Yuri Yarmola 1993 8.4.2.8950 September 25, 2024 Proprietary
Fontographer Jim von Ehr 5.2 Proprietary
Glyphr Studio [3] Matt LaGrandeur, Mateusz Zawartka, Troy Coutu, & Eric Newport 0.5.3 October 2019 GPL3
Glyphs Georg Seifert 2011 3.2 June 16, 2023 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
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Operating system support

The table below lists the operating systems on which each font editor can run.

More information Software, Windows ...
Software Windows OS X Linux Android iOS
Birdfont Yes Yes Yes
Crossfont Yes
DTL FontMaster Yes
DTL FontMaster Light Yes
DTL OTMaster Yes Yes Yes
DTL OTMaster Light Yes Yes Yes
FontCreator Yes Yes
FontDraw Yes
FontForge Yes Yes Yes
FontLab Yes Yes
Glyphs No Yes
Robofont No Yes
Type Yes Yes
Type light Yes Yes
TypeTool Yes Yes
VOGG Yes
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General features

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Below is an overview of general features typical for font editors.

More information Software, Maximum number of glyphs supported ...
Software Maximum number of glyphs supported Colored glyphs 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 unlimited in source file[4] COLR, CPAL, SVG [5] import and export import import and export OpenType PS (.otf) editor Macro / Script Transformations
FontForge No[6] import and export[7] import and export[8] import and export[9] import and export[10] import and export[11] import and export[12] Yes[13]
FontLab unlimited in source file COLR, CPAL, SBIX, SVG [14] import & export import & export import import import & export Python scripting
Glyphs unlimited in source file COLR, CPAL, SBIX, SVG [15] import import import & export import import import & export Python script and plug-ins, Objective-C plug-ins, free SDK available
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The OpenType cmap table can reference a maximum of 65536 glyphs.[16]

TrueType hinting

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.

More information Software, Automatic TrueType hinting ...
Software Automatic TrueType hinting Manual TrueType hinting TrueType hinting debugger
FontCreator 12 ttfAutohint
FontDraw 1.0 ttfAutohint
FontLab ttfAutohint & FontLab GUI code preview and rendering previews, including Windows ClearType on macOS
Glyphs ttfAutohint GUI live preview of 3 renderings
FontForge yes (unknown type)[17] yes  ??
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