Free Font Editor for Windows

Question

I'm looking for a free font editor for windows that can let me make a couple of simple fonts. Nothing too fancy, i just want to try my hand at making them. I've seen FontForge but that needs cygwin and i don't relish the prospect of retrofitting my cygwin install to handle that.

Answer 1

Type light 3.1

_{[Alternative - CNet managed download]}

A fully functional, freeware OpenType font editor/designer.

With Type light you can design, edit and convert OpenType TrueType (.ttf) and PostScript (.otf) fonts.

Type light is free for personal and limited commercial use (you can sell your fonts provided that is not your profession).

Answer 2

There is an editor built into windows you can access from the Run dialog, eudcedit.exe.

Here's a quick tutorial.

Answer 3

FontForge will run under Cygwin, as documented on their web site: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ms-install.html

Answer 4

Let me share my thought on Font Editors.

I needed Software to edit a particular font and first wanted to try Open Source software.

I didn't bother to install FontForge because I wanted a quick solution, and installing FontForge seemed like a time consuming process.

In Type Light I could open my True Type Font file (.ttf) but couldn't find a way to rotate it. As far as I'm concerned this is your best choice for creating your own font.

I ended up using commercial software: FontLab Studio 5. It's got everything in the box, I was looking to rotate an existing character inside a true type font. Because of it's limitations I couldn't use all characters once I saved my changes. Some characters had watermarks on them. Luckily the one character I rotated was fine.