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Fontlab Typographic Tools - font editors and converters - Home

Fontlab Typographic Tools - font editors and converters - Home

Free Font Editors, Font Creation Software and Sites Ever fancied making or designing your own fonts? The free software listed on this page allow you to create and edit your own fonts. Depending on the software, the program may allow you to create a TrueType, OpenType, Postscript, bitmap / raster font, or some other type of font. For those who merely want to use free fonts rather than create their own fonts, please see the Free Fonts page instead. In addition, if you only want to create bitmap or raster fonts, you may also want to check out the Free Resource Editors and Compilers page, which may have font editors to create and edit raster fonts. Related Pages Free Font Designers, Editors and Online Font Making Sites FontForge: Free Font Editor (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc) FontForge is an outline font editor that allows you to create and edit TrueType, OpenType, Postscript, CID-keyed, Multi-master, CFF, SVG, and bitmap (BDF, FON, NFNT) as well as many Macintosh font formats. Raster Font Editor (Windows) Font Constructor (Mac OS X)

FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts Font Generator - Make Your Own Handwriting Font With Your Fonts Photo-Lettering La Typographie - Éditer ses propres caractères Les logiciels pour éditer ses propres caractères numériques. Nous avons vu qu'il existe différentes régles et normes pour construire une typo. Si vous envisagez de réaliser votre propre alphabet il faut savoir que vous devrez utiliser un logiciel d'édition ou un outil RIA. Il existe très peu de logiciel qui permette d’éditer vos fonts, gratuit encore plus. Toutefois il faut bien réfléchir au type d'éditeur que vous allez utiliser car il n'offre pas tous les même possibilités. DoubleType Double Type permet de créer vos propres polices de caractères. FontForge Anciennement PfaEdit entre 2001 et 2004, FontForge est un des rares éditeurs de polices de caractère libre sous Windows (mais il fonctionne aussi sous Mac OS X et Linux). Vous pourrez télécharger FontForge sur la page suivante : FontMaker Petit logiciel gratuit qui permet de faire des fontes graphiques sous un format propriétaire. FONTSTRUCT : outil RIA éditeur de typo.

FontCreator - the most popular font editor! When you create or open a font, FontCreator displays an overview of all available characters. You can simply add missing characters, or select an existing character, and modify its appearance. You can import (scanned) images of your signature or company logo, or make a font from your own handwriting. With FontCreator you can also fix character code-points, font names, glyph names, kerning pairs, and at all times you can preview your typefaces before installing. OpenType features are preserved upon opening a font. This professional font editor supports both quadratic- and cubic-based contours, and has several smart features to ensure smooth connections where you need them. FontCreator is a true native font editor, so no need to buy or install third-party tools or extensions. FontCreator Getting Started Font Overview with Categories The glyph and character category panel gives you quick and easy access to the glyphs, character subsets and Unicode ranges. Design High Quality Fonts Kerning

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