FontCustom/fontcustom
Generate custom icon webfonts from the comfort of the command line. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
60/100
- Activity 61
- 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: 5078
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 237
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3297 stars · 418 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Font Custom is a Ruby command-line tool that compiles a collection of SVG files into cross-browser icon webfonts, generating the font files plus @font-face CSS and supporting assets. It is over a decade old and no longer actively maintained, as modern browsers favor inline SVG over icon fonts.
Use cases
- generate an icon webfont from a folder of SVGs
- compile custom icon fonts from the command line
- auto-rebuild icon fonts when SVG files change
- generate @font-face CSS for a custom icon font
- create cross-browser icon fonts with woff2 and eot output
When to choose
- you maintain a legacy project that already uses icon fonts
- you need a custom icon font for old browser support
- you want a scriptable, config-driven SVG-to-font pipeline
When to avoid
- starting a new project - inline SVG or SVG sprites are the modern approach
- you want maintained alternatives like Font Awesome, Lucide, or Heroicons
- you don't want to install FontForge and WOFF2 toolchain dependencies
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli developer-tools graphics web-development frontend developer-tools windows cli ruby icon-fonts svg-to-font webfonts font-generation ruby-gem command-line macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/FontCustom/fontcustom · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4efd050f7fda
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FontCustom/fontcustom | main | 60 |
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