Afterlight has a lifetime membership option. Source: over 2 years ago

Although we had never designed a font before, we had extensive experience using Figma to create our app's user interface, custom icons, and svgs over the past few years. Recognizing that creating a font from scratch would be a daunting task, we opted to adapt Nunito. To re-design and create our own stamp on the typeface, we chose Glyphs [1], a beautifully crafted and meticulously planned program. Over the course... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

I agree that 150usd might be too cheap for pro market but like I mentioned maybe they found out they need to first go for amateurs. Who knows maybe they will make it more expensive in future or offer some kind of pro option. I also have to mention maybe your expectations are a bit skewed? Software dev got cheaper and not everything has to be breakneck hype venture capital squeeze. There is type design software... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Get the free trial of Glyphs and you can turn it into a font. Source: over 1 year ago

Glyphs (Mac only) and FontLab (Mac+Windows) are both very well regarded. Source: over 1 year ago

I recently redesigned one of my conscripts and had a pleasant experience using Glyphs 3. It's a paid product but offers a 30 days free trial which was enough for my immediate needs. Source: over 1 year ago