fontforge/designwithfontforge.com resource
A book about how to design new typefaces with FontForge observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 92
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4976
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 48
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1041 stars · 182 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
An open-source book (hosted as a Jekyll site on GitHub Pages) teaching how to design new typefaces with the FontForge font editor. It covers the full type design workflow from drawing glyphs to spacing, kerning, validation, and generating font files, and is available in multiple languages and as EPUB, MOBI, and PDF.
Use cases
- learn how to design a typeface with FontForge
- tutorial for creating my first font
- guide to drawing glyphs and letterforms
- how to do kerning and spacing in a font
- how to generate font files from FontForge
- learn to add diacritics and accents to a typeface
- designing Devanagari or Arabic typefaces
When to choose
- you want a free, comprehensive introduction to type design using FontForge
- you are a beginner learning font creation step by step
- you need multilingual or downloadable (EPUB/PDF) book formats
When to avoid
- you use commercial font editors like Glyphs or RoboFont and want tool-specific guidance
- you need interactive video courses rather than a written book
- you need FontForge software support rather than type design education
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
documentation markdown education graphics documentation cross-platform book typography typeface-design fontforge jekyll creative-commons fonts web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/fontforge/designwithfontforge.com · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0671891b86ea
- homepage: http://designwithfontforge.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6dd09d84b6b5
- site_page: http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4e446a85c1ee
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| fontforge/designwithfontforge.com | main | 74 |
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