A font editor is a class of
application software specifically designed to create or modify
font files. Font editors differ greatly depending on if they are designed to edit
bitmap fonts or
outline fonts. Most modern font editors deal with the outline fonts. Bitmap fonts uses an older technology and are most commonly used in
console applications. The bitmap font editors were usually very specialized, as each
computing platform
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had its own font format. One subcategory of bitmap fonts is
text mode fonts.
List of font editors
The following editors use outline vector graphics to create font files in common formats.
Free software
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FontForge
Proprietary software
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FontLab (Mac, Windows)
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Fontographer (Mac, Windows)
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Ikarus
See also
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Typography
References
Editor
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Digital typography
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