Английская Википедия:Comparison of font editors

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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 date	Latest stable version	Latest release date	License
BirdFont	Johan Mattsson	Шаблон:Dts			Шаблон:Proprietary or open source
Crossfont	Aaron Elkins	Шаблон:Dts			Шаблон:Proprietary
DTL FontMaster	Dutch Type Library		3.0		Шаблон:Proprietary
DTL FontMaster Light	Dutch Type Library		2.7		Шаблон:Free
DTL OTMaster			6.3		Шаблон:Proprietary
DTL OTMaster Light			3.7		Шаблон:Free
FontArk (Web service)					Шаблон:Proprietary
FontCreator	Erwin Denissen	Шаблон:Dts	12.0	Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Proprietary
FontDraw	Alexander Kirichenko	Шаблон:Dts	1.0	Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Proprietary
FontForge	George Williams		20220308	Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Free
FontLab	Yuri Yarmola	Шаблон:Dts	8.0.1	Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Proprietary
Fontographer	Jim von Ehr		5.2		Шаблон:Proprietary
Glyphr Studio	Matt LaGrandeur, Mateusz Zawartka, Troy Coutu, & Eric Newport		0.5.3	October 2019	Шаблон:Free
Glyphs	Georg Seifert	2011	2.6.2	2019	Шаблон:Proprietary, file format and parts of the code open source
Ikarus					Шаблон:Proprietary
RoboFont					Шаблон:Proprietary
Type			3.2		Шаблон:Proprietary
Type light			3.2.038		Шаблон:Proprietary
TypeTool			3.1		Шаблон:Proprietary
VOGG					Шаблон:Free

Operating system support

The table below lists the operating systems on which each font editor can run.

Software	Windows	OS X	Linux	Android	iOS
Birdfont	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
Crossfont		Шаблон:Yes
DTL FontMaster	Шаблон:Yes
DTL FontMaster Light	Шаблон:Yes
DTL OTMaster	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
DTL OTMaster Light	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
FontCreator	Шаблон:Yes
FontDraw	Шаблон:Yes
FontForge	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
FontLab	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
Glyphs	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes
Robofont	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes
Type	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
Type light	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
TypeTool	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes
VOGG					Шаблон:Yes

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
FontCreator	unlimited in source file	Шаблон:Yes			import and export		import	import and export	OpenType PS (.otf) editor Macro / Script Transformations
FontForge		Шаблон:No	import and export	import and export	import and export	import and export	import and export	import and export	Шаблон:Yes
FontLab	unlimited in source file	Шаблон:Yes	import & export		import & export	import	import	import & export	Python scripting
Glyphs	unlimited in source file	Шаблон:Yes	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 debugger
FontCreator 12	ttfAutohint
FontDraw 1.0	ttfAutohint
FontLab	ttfAutohint & FontLab	GUI	code preview and rendering previews, including Windows ClearType on macOS
Glyphs	ttfAutohint	GUI	live preview of 3 renderings

See also

• Font editor
• Comparison of vector graphics editors

External links

• Create your own font with these 14 best tools. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
• 5 best font editors. Retrieved 2016-08-31.