FontForge31-Jul-2017 (R2)

FontForge bundles a wide range of advanced options for creating and editing font types. It caters to all users who are looking to personalize fonts, especially the ones with some background in such apps.At startup you can use a file browser to locate and open a font type from the hard drive. The tool supports Outline, Bitmap, PostScript, TrueType and OpenType font formats, among others.Creating a new font type means drawing each glyph until you form a complete alphabet, number system and symbols. FontForge puts several drawing tools at your disposal, such as curve points, distance measurement, hand scrolling and magnification. Plus, you can manage multiple layers (e.g. background, foreground).As far as font information goes, you can edit the PS name (e.g. family name, version, base file name), size (e.g. design size, style ID), Unicode ranges, and so on.Other options of FontForge let you use a search function (e.g. by color, wildcard, script), transform layers, unlink references, merge fonts, enable auto hints, execute the script, generate a Mac family, as well as edit resources, just to name a few.FontForge is certainly not a tool to be tinkered with by inexperienced users. The seemingly cluttered interface and numerous advanced settings make this program pretty hard to learn, even with the included help manual. However, the app is pretty forgiving when it comes to the system resources, and has a good response time. All in all, FontForge provides users with the required tools for creating and editing font types, as long as they are patient enough to comprehend them.