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FontForge

Free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to FontForge

BirdFont Glyphs TruFont Inkscape Prototypo Typetura Streamline icons Opentype.js Material UI Unsplash

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to FontForge are BirdFont, Glyphs, and TruFont. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Birdfont is a free font editor which lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, OTF, EOT and...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Image Marketplace #Graphic Design Software 13 social mentions

  2. 2
    Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Image Marketplace #Graphic Design Software 18 social mentions

  3. TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Image Marketplace #Graphic Design Software 2 social mentions

  4. Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 483 social mentions

  5. Streamlining font creation with open source typeface editor
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Prototyping #Image Marketplace

  6. Fluid typography for a fluid web
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Fonts Directory #Design Tools #Web Fonts 1 social mentions

  7. The world’s largest icon pack library - 100k icons and illustrations.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • $19.0 / Annually

    #Web Icons #Vector Icons #Icon Fonts 1 social mentions

  8. Opentype.js is an OpenType and TrueType font parser and writer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Image Marketplace #Web Icons 2 social mentions

  9. A CSS Framework and a Set of React Components that Implement Google's Material Design
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Development Tools #Developer Tools 75 social mentions

  10. Unsplash is a website with high-quality free HD images. It has a catalog of more than three hundred thousand striking images that are neatly organized with tags. Read more about Unsplash.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Photos & Graphics #Image Marketplace #Vector Art 487 social mentions

  11. Font Awesome makes it easy to add vector icons and social logos to your website. And version 5 is redesigned and built from the ground up!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Fonts And Design Assets #Vector Icons #Icon Fonts 127 social mentions

  12. 12
    GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Photo Editing #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting 59 social mentions

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