This is a technical feature comparison of font editors.
General
Basic general information about font editors: creator, first release date, latest stable version, latest release date and license.
Software Creator First release dateLatest stable version Latest release date License DTL FontMaster Dutch Type Library 3.0 DTL FontMaster Light Dutch Type Library 2.7DTL FontTools - Downloads. Retrieved 2016-08-31. FontForge George Williams FontLab Yuri Yarmola 8.4.2.8950 FontographerJim von Ehr 5.2 Glyphs Georg Seifert 2011 3.4 , file format and parts of the code open source Ikarus
Operating system support
The table below lists the operating systems on which each font editor can run.
Software Windows OS X Linux Android iOS DTL FontMaster DTL FontMaster Light FontForge FontLab Glyphs
General features
Below is an overview of general features typical for font editors.
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 FontForge import and export import and export import and export import and export import and export import and export FontLab unlimited in source file import & exportimport & exportimportimportimport & exportPython 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.
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.
Software Automatic TrueType hinting Manual TrueType hinting TrueType hinting debuggerFontLabttfAutohint & FontLab GUI code preview and rendering previews, including Windows ClearType on macOSGlyphs ttfAutohint GUI live preview of 3 renderingsFontForge yes (unknown type) yes ??
See also Font editor Comparison of vector graphics editors
References
External links Create your own font with these 14 best tools. Retrieved 2016-08-31. 5 best font editors. Retrieved 2016-08-31.