• Free Online Font Generator

The 'Text Generator' section features simple tools that let you create graphics with fonts of different styles as well as various text effects; The 'Fonts Collection' section is the place where you can browse, filter, custom preview and download free fonts.

There are plenty of sources available to find free high quality fonts that you can use in your apps and web projects. However, it can sometimes happen that even after checking hundreds of fonts, you’re not able to find the perfect font that you were looking for. Or you simply want to use a unique font in your app, website or logo design. In such cases, you may want to create your own font to add uniqueness to the typography of your project.

Today, I have brought a list of best tools for creating fonts. You can use these tools to create your own custom font from scratch. You can also design your fonts in vector graphics editors like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape and then import the .svg file in font building tools like FontForge (mentioned below) to convert into TrueType or OpenType fonts.

1. FontLab Studio

FontLab Studio by FontLab is a powerful font editor for professionals to design typefaces and create or modify fonts. It is available for Windows and Mac and supports all major outline font formats including Type 1, TrueType, Multiple Master and OpenType.

Cost:Premium.Seepricing details

2. FontCreator

FontCreator, available for Windows, has an intuitive interface for beginners and also has advance feature sets for font designers to create and edit high-quality TrueType and OpenType fonts. Import of (scanned) images or vector graphics for conversion into glyphs is also supported.

Cost:The Home Edition costs 79 USD, check price comparison chart for details

3. Fontographer

Fontographer, another powerful font editor by FontLab lets you create new fonts from scratch or customize the existing ones. You can open and generate Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, Type 3 fonts, you can fine-tune spacing and kerning among other special features. Fontographer is available for Windows and Mac systems.

You can also check out other font editors by FontLab: TypeTool and BitFonter (bitmap font editor).

Cost:Premium. See pricing details

Free Online Font Generator

4. FontForge

FontForge is a downloadable application available for Windows, Mac, Unix/Linux systems and localized in many different languages. It is an outline font editor and allows you to create and edit PostScript, TrueType, OpenType, svg and bitmap fonts. It also lets you convert one format to another.

Cost:Free

5. Type 3.2 font editor

Type 3.2 is an OpenType font editor available for Windows and Mac OS X. You can open, save and convert .otf and .ttf fonts. Import of .svg files is also supported. Beginners can also try out the freeware font editor, Type light that is available for Windows.

Cost:Type light is free, Type 3.2 costs 65 USD

6. FontStruct

FontStruct is a free browser-based typography creation tool to let you quickly and easily create your own fonts. You can download your font as TrueType. You can also share your fonts with FontStruct community, browse and download fonts uploaded by others and use in your projects.

All rights reserved. Sami yusuf hasbi rabbi download.

Cost:Free

7. BitFontMaker2

BitFontMaker2 is a browser-based pixel-font editor that you can use to edit and create bitmap fonts. You can download your fonts as TrueTypeFont, you can also upload your fonts to their gallery.

Cost:Free

8. Fontifier

Fontifier is an online tool that allows you to create a TrueType font from your own handwriting. You can preview your font for free but you have to buy the font for using it in your projects.

Cost:Free to use, 9 USD to download the font

9. YourFonts

YourFonts is an online tool that lets you generate OpenType fonts from your scanned handwriting. Like Fontifier, font preview is free and you need to purchase the font for using in your projects.

Cost:Free to use, 9.95 USD to download the font

10. Glyphr

Glyphr is a free HTML5 based font-editor. You can either explore a work in progress font or create your font from scratch with Glyphr Studio Online.

Cost:Free

11. iFontMaker

iFontMaker is a downloadable application available for iPad and Windows 8. Using its free-hand font editor you can either create your font from scratch or edit the existing ones. You can convert it into a TTF file and use in your projects.

Cost:4.99 USD for Windows, 6.99 USD for Mac

12. FontArk

FontArk is a browser-based type design and font creation tool. With features like real-time multiple glyph editing system and automatic outline generator, you can easily create your own font and download it as .OTF file.

Cost:Freefor limited time

13. MyScriptFont

MyScriptFont is an online tool that lets you create TTF or OTF fonts from your handwriting. It also allows you to download your font for free that you can use for commercial purposes too.

You can read my post where I have shared my experience on creating font from handwriting using MyScriptFont for more details.

Cost:Free

14. BirdFont

BirdFont is a font editor that you can use to create TTF, EOT and SVG fonts. This editor is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and BSD. You can download its freeware version to create fonts under SIL Open Font license, for other licenses you need to upgrade.

Cost:Free as well as Premium

What font editor do you use? Or do you plan to use any of the editors listed above? Let us know in the comments below. And, do share this post with others if you found it useful.

Disclamer – Fontark is in advanced Open Beta version! It is pretty stable and workable, yet it is best to be extra careful while working with it, and save copies of your work along the way until we’ll move to the Released version.

• SmartX system

  Selective Real-time multiple character editing tools

• Skeleton

  Automatic Outline generation

• Matrix

  Built in Fluid grid system

• Browser-based.

  No download, No installation, Any OS

• One click font generation

  & download

• 100% FREE

  while in Open Beta!

Think structurally.

Drawing characters with Fontark font editor is as easy as can be. Built over a fluid grid (the Matrix), a sophisticates glyphs synchronization system (The SX system) and an automatic Outline generator all you have to do in order to create your font is draw the center line (Skeleton) of the characters, all the rest can and will be tweaked easily later on. Never struggle to create grids, parallel outline curves and be bothered with the right thickness of the font.

Extensive time saver
Synchronized Fluid grid (Matrix)
Full control over character connectivity
Automatic Outline generation
No coding. No parameters

People are connected, Now do characters as well…

Once the characters are drawn and connected, the FUN part starts. Control, modify and tweak the entire character set at once while chosen character parts correspond in sync. Modify a group of characters when needed or a single character with the uncompromising flexibility of Fontark platform. Change your font weight, proportions, curves and any subtle detail fast and smooth like never before.

Real-time multiple character editing!
Smooth and intuitive control
Maximum flexibility
Designer oriented – minimum technical complexity

Don’t stop at the Skeleton level

A set of advance Outline editing tools enables a one of it’s kind synchronized outline editing, within the Skeleton layer! the options are almost unlimited. watch this! (A must!). In case the limits of Fontark online font creator’s advance tools reached, get in details in the Outline layer. Fontark font editor enable any outline editing such as serifs and varied Outline width just like any vector editor.

Amazing Advance Outline editing tools
Full Outline control in the Outline layer
Independent in-browser SVG vector editor

How can a ~100 glyphs font be built and developed so fast?

Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?Draw and control the skeleton (centerline) of the characters, Fontark’s engine will generate the outline (contour) for you in real-time. How much time and hassle this feature alone can save you?

In addition to the skeleton, you can always manually modify the outline freely

Stretch, scale, deform and change weight without worry with Fontark’s Matrix.

The Matrix is a cross-glyphs flexible grid (in addition to a normal static grid) enabling real time multiple glyphs editing. You can Scale, stretch, and change weight to any number of selected glyphs (1-all) simultaneously with it, and without losing your strokes integrity like happens in regular type modifications, known as notorious typography crimes!

Stretch, scale, deform and change weight without worry with Fontark’s Matrix.

The Matrix is a cross-glyphs flexible grid (in addition to a normal static grid) enabling real time multiple glyphs editing. You can Scale, stretch, and change weight to any number of selected glyphs (1-all) simultaneously with it, and without losing your strokes integrity like happens in regular type modifications, known as notorious typography crimes!

Logotype mode

When only a Logotype is in need get in Logotype-mode and use Fontark font editor’s fluid grid, Sx system and advanced features to easily create your desired logotype with linked and or individual control over the logotype characters. Your logotype characters will be stored in the ABCDEFG… characters of the downloaded font file.

Icon mode

Use Fontark font creator advanced tools to create and design Icon fonts. Draw your icons directly into the Outline layer or use the Single outline mode in the Skeleton layer and take advantage of the dynamic controls and glyphs synchronization even when creating icons.

Dynamic preview

At any stage of the typeface design open the dynamic preview window to watch and test your typeface in action as text in dummy text paragraphs or free typed text.

Ready made templates

Start a new typeface design from scratches or chose one of FontArk font editor’s growing structural ready made templates collection to save time and start tweaking the template to get the desired look.

First steps with FontArk

This short video will guide you through FontArk basics.

FontArk is very simple, yet it has some unique and unparalleled features to enable the most flexible real-time-synchronized-multiple-character-editing and make type design fast and smooth like never before.

Watch this video to understand FontArk’s basic operations and give it a try.

Learn type design fundamentals

You’ve got the grip on Fontark, but you still can’t make a good looking font?

That’s probably because you lack some basic Type-design related knowledge!

Dive into it here…

If the tutorials don’t help you, let us guide you personally!

One of our experts will be happy to guide you quickly through all the essential basics of Fontark.

You will not regret it.

Characters width

Learn and practice balancing the width of a font’s characters easily by using Fontark’s templates.

Spacing

Without proper spacing your font will never look good. Learn and practice spacing your font’s glyphs with this tutorial.

Optical corrections #1

Type needs special treatments to look great, Learn and practice the fundamental optical corrections – Part 1.

Optical corrections #2

Type needs special treatments to look great, Learn and practice the fundamental optical corrections – Part 2.

Learn type design fundamentals

Most graphic designers knows a lot about fonts and typography. But do you have all the knowledge involved with creating a good font? Surprisingly or not, there is a lot to learn and practice before a decent font can be created. No matter how talented you are.

Spacing and optical corrections are just some of the Must know aspects of type design, you can start learning it here!

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FontArk font-editor synchronizes the design of all the font’s Glyphs – a set of simple tools to enable easy and intuitive control over the character set in real-time. Controlling over 50 characters is complex, but we make it simple for you. Watch our short tutorials to help you understand the basic operations of FontArk online font-editor.