FontCreator (64-bit)
FontCreator 64-bit should be your first choice if you want to make new fonts from scratch or change fonts that are already out there. The program is used by more than 5 million people around the world and is known as the most complete editing suite for making and improving fonts. It is a tool that can be used by both beginners and experts. Because it has a lot of complex user interface elements and a lot of choices for improving quality of life, this tool is best for professionals and experienced design fans who want to use every tool available to them to reach their goals.
FontCreator 64-bit will show you a list of all the characters that are available while you are making a new font. This makes it easy to add missing characters or change current ones. FontCreator has tools for drawing characters by hand, a faster way to import images, live preview, font outline validation, and more to make character creation easy.
Features and KeyPoints
- Overview of Fonts with Categories: A built-in tool for making lists that makes it easy to get to a lot of glyphs, character groups, and Unicode ranges.
- Windows, macOS, Linux, and all current web browsers can all use all three types of fonts: OpenType, TrueType, and Web.
- Make it Fonts of High Quality—Many tools for checking fonts and finding mistakes.
- Optimize Contours: This is a built-in tool for improving the shape of glyphs and cutting down on line points.
- A strong choice for importing—You can bring in both high-quality vector graphics files and raster (bitmap) images that can be turned into glyphs.
- Handwriting conversion: Scan pictures of your own handwriting to make a new font.
- Scalable Color Fonts: These fonts let you make shapes that are all different colors, and they also work with older systems that can only use single-colored fonts.
- Visual OpenType Designer: Use the built-in designer to quickly add or change OpenType Layout Features for both replacing glyphs and moving them around.
- Kerning: You can set the place of the kern pairs automatically or by hand.
- Powerful Transform Wizard: With just one click, you can change the text to italics or bold.
- The Advanced Shaping Engine lets you make Arabic, Syriac, Hebrew, and other advanced fonts, and it has a special tool for shaping and tweaking these complicated shapes.
- If you have the professional version of the app, you can use Optical Metrics, which sets the character spacing (left and right side-bearings) instantly for all of your glyphs.
- Complete Composites: Outlines for your glyphs are intelligently made.
- A lot of preview options and Windows font download tools
And a lot more...
It costs money to get Font Creator for Microsoft Windows, but it gives users access to many of the best tools in the business for making new fonts. With the more expensive "Standard" version, you can use advanced contour operations, automatic kerning, and real-time glyph validation. The most expensive "Professional" version gives you access to all of this app's features, such as advanced copy and import tools and optical measures.
Note: You can try it for 30 days.