Hi!

Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer which
still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest version the program
froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable, and
has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses? Please
neglect annual subscription solutions.

Thanks in advance!

Arnulf Sopp

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In article <1wbk8b0npkid8.dlg@news.hacktory.de>, Arnulf Sopp <hack_DELETETHIS_tory@gmx.de> writes:

Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer which still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest version the program
froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable, and
has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses? Please neglect annual subscription solutions.

Metafont.

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Arnulf Sopp <hack_DELETETHIS_tory@gmx.de> wrote in news:1wbk8b0npkid8.dlg@news.hacktory.de:

Hi!

Since years I've been creating fonts. Formerly, I used fontographer
which still works, but the UI of which is of yesteryear. Later I used FontCreator quite successfully. But after installing the newest
version the program froze the moment I clicked onto a glyph field. Unfortunately the previous version can't be restored.

Does somebody know a font editor which works reliably, is affordable,
and has an UI (user interface) designed for non- oder half-geniuses?
Please neglect annual subscription solutions.

Thanks in advance!

Arnulf Sopp

FontForge is good and free. Open source but have a higher learning
curve. Once you get yourself familiarized with it, it is a good editor. https://fontforge.org/

TypeTool from Fontlab. It is not as pricey as Fontlab and you can give
it a spin for free for 30 days
https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/typetool/

There are many free and low cost font editors but if you used
Fontographer regularly before, I am sure that you will find those
editors meant for beginners lacking in functionality.


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Am Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:07:43 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Me:

FontForge is good and free. Open source but have a higher learning
curve. Once you get yourself familiarized with it, it is a good editor. https://fontforge.org/

I already have it on my harddisk but it takes quite a while to browse to a
font file to work on. And if you choose "Save to ..." you start browsing
again. But it's functionality is quite impressive.

TypeTool from Fontlab. It is not as pricey as Fontlab and you can give
it a spin for free for 30 days
https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/typetool/

I'll try it out. But most probably I won't buy it because a purchase on an annual subscription base is mere exploitation on the long run.

Thank you very much!

Arnulf

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