FontForge

Name: FontForge
Rating: 4.3333 (7 reviews)

Version 20230101

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FontForge overview

FontForge allows you to create and edit fonts in many formats: OpenType, TrueType, AAT, PostScript, Multiple Master, CID-Keyed, SVG, and various bitmap formats. It isn't a regular Mac application. It has been in development since 2001 as a UNIX application, so don’t expect it to look and behave like a normal Mac application. It runs on Macs thanks to a UNIX-compatibility layer called X11.

What’s new in version 20230101

Updated on Apr 05 2023

Display the block name for reserved code points
Don't respond to wheel scrolls for buttons/tabsets
gfilechooser.c: fix behaviour when changing file type
Better control-drag handling for line-adjacent points
Fix resolution of program root
Fix missed nonextcp edit
Support ToUnicode extraction from PDFs for Type3 fonts
Add resource file and Windows application manifest
Fix name extraction for Type3 fonts from pdfs
cmake: Install fonttools and pycontrib
Fix InfoPlist.strings file name
Fix normalisation of absolute paths
Handle non-array cm transforms while reading graphics stream from PDFs
Fix rect extraction from graphics stream for type3 fonts
Change which lookup types are suggested for jamo features
Better line handling in simplify
Use 'cmap' for Adobe-Identity-0 CID fonts
Fix ChangeGlyph calcluations relative to new nonext/prevcp conventions
Docs composite glyph
FVSplineFontPieceMeal: Check that the clut is present before applying conversion
Expand the lists of languages and scripts
Add flags to Python font.transform()
Support setting SplineChar width from importOutlines
Undefine "extended" macro temporarily on GNU Hurd
Define PATH_MAX and MAXPATHLEN for GNU/Hurd compatibility
Fix Ascent & Descent Importing from SVG Font
Prevent floating point shenanigans in loop termination
GroupFindLPos() in fontforgeexe/groupsdlg.c null pointer fix
Fix drawing outside of expose calls
Fixed one more typo
Upgrade GitHub Actions
Prevents memory underflow in GFileMimeType() in gutils/fsys.c
Add a preference for saving editor state
splineutil.c: prevent hang on nan input
Shell-quote command sent to compressor in BDF
Fix pfadecrypt bugs
Include SFDUTF7 functions in libfontforge.so
splinefit.c: Improvements to merge/simplify
RFE: [FEAT] When reference to non-existent glyphs are present in an OpenTy…
docs: Python scripting - update font.mergeFeature with details of boo…
Fix logic for CharString double-movetos after PR 4685
Upgrade to Unicode 15.0.0 and fix and expand the script lists
Fix broken link on scripting page
Fix typo in man page
Fix painting behaviour of the ruler linger window and layer change dialog
fontinfo.c: fix crash from uninitialised other_pos
tottfgpos: Fix needless warning about 16-bit field
ufo.c: emit guidelines key
fvmetrics.c: partial revert of 1033bc6
Update tranlsations from Crowdin
Fix woff2 decoding
Record unicode cmap encodings when one glyph is in multiple slots

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License

Free

Size

69.7 MB

Developer’s website

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

Downloads

16217

App requirements

Intel 64
OS X 10.10 or later

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Derekcurrie

Sep 21 2018

20161003

4.0

Version: 20161003

v20170730 is the current version of FontForge. You can download it directly here: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/20170731/FontForge-20170730-Mac.dmg

Big-Mac-XXL

Jan 8 2015

20130718

Version: 20130718

Save some nickels and get a real font program. This is none. The GUI is simply terrible. I don't mean the menus etc. THIS crudeness is expected of Unix software. But the implementation of the Mac file system is terrible. To open and save fonts it takes ages to crawl thru the FF file browser. So bad. FF also crashes regularly (I use the newest version, not the MacUpdate old timer). FF gives lots of strange errors if you only want to fix a glyph in a font and refuses to save the file. And FF is so sloooooow. FontForge is really only for the desperate without a dime and with loooots of free time. I use Fontographer, FontLab and Glyphs since there is not a single one good font maker out there. All have shortcomings, all crash. Why is making a font generator rocket science? It's only vector graphics! Still I seek for the best font making program to rule them all. No crashes, easy to use for quick jobs, but very powerful for the expert. And faaaaast!

Aug 18 2014

FontForge is an ongoing project that is frequently being updated. At the moment (on 2014-08-18) the current beta is 201408/18_0425, meaning that this beta came out today. Obviously, this is well beyond the version listed here at MU. If you'd like the most current beta, use the developer's downloads page. The most recent version is at the bottom of the list: http://fuuko.libferris.com/osx/packages/ Be sure to read the developer's page for important instructions about installing and using FontForge. For example: Because this is an X11 UNIX application, it must be kept in the root Applications folder. It won't work from elsewhere.

anonymous-swan-2390

Jun 24 2014

The latest version from 2014-04-11 is available via the developers site link above. MacUpdate seems to have missed that.

Jerry-Krinock

Sep 25 2013

4.5

Agree with everything said by Cattus. A few years ago I bought SigMaker from FontLab for 30 USD, but the current version on the FontLab website is still a PowerPC app which no longer runs on modern Macs. Apparently FontLab has decided to let it die, and my very occasional need for a font editor does not justify the price of a commercial font editor. For occasional use, FontForge is a good replacement for SigMaker, and I thank the developers. I needed to tweak one glyph in one font. When you launch FontForge, Mac OS X will probably tell you that you need to install XQuartz or X11. Follow the link given by Apple and do it. Then, FontForge will run. It's weird. X11 apps are like Windows apps. They do not use the main menu bar, so you need to use the menus and buttons in the window. Remember it's free, so don't complain! Just roll with it. I was able to figure out how to do what I wanted and get it done in about 30 minutes. The technology of fonts is deep and wide, and if I had any idea what the hell I was doing, it would have been much faster :)) FontForge does have a Help menu which can help you out.

Cattus-Thraex

Jul 20 2013

Despite its ugly inbterface, as usual with most Linux apps (have never understood why), it is a wonderful tool for creating or modifying fonts, if this is allowed (sometimes it is). As a free app, beyond any criticism, use it.

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