Glyphs VS RoboFont

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 / 3 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 / 3 months ago

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

Glyphs (Mac only) and FontLab (Mac+Windows) are both very well regarded. Source: about 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

RoboFont is another Mac-only app that's not as popular as Glyphs, but is used by many professionals. It's more of a modular software platform with many plugins and extensions; geared more towards professionals that want to design and optimize their own workflow. Source: about 1 year ago

Most people in the business that I know use Glyphs, and people who want to be a little more hands-on with the coding use RoboFont. Source: about 3 years ago