Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?

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I used to work with Fontlab Studio to design and compile my fonts. Years have passed and my former Fontlab install vanished into the voids of a crashing harddisk.

Now that I’m gaining interest in font-design again, I used and abused the usual search engines, but I have not managed to find any free or open-source software out there with alike functionality which Fontlab offers.

Therefore I would love to know: “Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?”

(Preferably, it should be able to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system.)

Answer

Open Source Font Editors:

  1. FontForge
  2. gbdfed Bitmap Font Editor
  3. BirdFont

Freeware Font Editors:

  1. Font Struct
  2. Bit font Maker
  3. Type light
  4. Font Constructor
  5. Raster Font Editor

Commercial Font Editors:

  1. FontCreator
  2. (Fontlab Studio)

Font Management:

  1. 25 Font Management Tools Reviewed

Search results for font management:

  1. What is a good free font management tool for linux?
  2. Font management tools for Mac
  3. Font management tool across multiple machines

Misc.:

  1. The upcoming .91 release of Inkscape claims to have ‘type design feeatures’

Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : e-sushi , Answer Author : Ooker

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