# fontforge/fontforge

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

Repository: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fontforge
Homepage: http://fontforge.github.io/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-10T19:47:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 19, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5134, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 328, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7913, forks 807 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:09.724137+00:00)

## What it is
FontForge is a free (libre) font editor for creating, editing, and converting fonts. It supports OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other font formats on Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU+Linux.

## Use cases
- create a custom font from scratch
- edit glyphs in an existing TrueType font
- convert fonts between OpenType and TrueType formats
- fix kerning and spacing in a typeface
- import and edit UFO font sources
- design a font for a conlang or constructed script

## When to choose
- you need a free, cross-platform tool to create or modify font files
- you want to convert between many font formats
- you need fine-grained glyph-level editing of typefaces

## When to avoid
- you only need to render or display fonts rather than edit them
- you want a modern collaborative variable-font design workflow with commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, gui, file-system
- domain: graphics, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: font-editor, typography, opentype, truetype, font-conversion, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- fontforge/fontforge (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.724137+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:33:16.943477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.724137+00:00, sha fbddf88fbf0d)
  - homepage: http://fontforge.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:58.769609+00:00, sha 289fab7f781b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.