tags: #publish links: [[Fonts]], [[Graphic Design Resources]], created: 2021-06-18 Fri --- # Font Creation Software ## Calligraphr https://www.calligraphr.com/en/ **Create font from handwriting**: you *download an image or PDF, then draw each glyph in a box* - either by printing, writing and scanning back, or by editing in graphics software with a tablet stylus, which is what I did. Has OpenType font "alternative characters" support: upload multiple glyphs of same character, for randomisation. Also ligatures. Paid version (just a few dollars month-by-month) is required to do a full set of characters (e.g. full punctuation beyond just alphanumeric), ligatures, or alternative characters. 2021-06: Used this to create a handwriting font and it works rather well! - The slightly fiddly part is manual adjustment of character spacing, after uploading the template. Not *required* but needed to get it looking right. - If you stop subscription, but then wanted to tweak the font further, you won't lose the glyphs because you can just re-upload your previous template file, but you do lose all of that per-character config and would have to re-do it. ## FontForge https://fontforge.org/en-US/ Free 2021-06-18: tried it, not updated for latest MacOS so it refuses to run it as unverified software ## FontCreator https://www.high-logic.com/font-editor/fontcreator/comparison-chart $49/149/199 USD 2021-06-18: Sophisticated, great reviews, but expensive. Need the expensive version for commercial or full-features. Have not tried yet but would do so if I take this further.