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RoboFont
The UFO Editor You Have Been Waiting For·robofont.com
RoboFont is a font editor for macOS, written from scratch in Python with scalability in mind. It is a fully featured font editor with all the tools required for drawing typefaces, providing full scripting access to objects and the interface. It also serves as a platform for building custom tools and extensions, supported by a large ecosystem of open-source and commercial extensions.
What it's for
drawing typefacesfont scripting and automationbuilding custom tools and extensionsinterpolation between masterskerningcreating variable fontsbuilding accented glyphsgenerating fontsPostScript and TrueType hintingcreating designspace files for multiple UFOs
Features 19
- Accented glyph construction
- Contour direction indicator and advanced outline editing tools
- Dark Mode appearance
- Designspace file creation for multiple UFOs
- DrawBot integration for scripting
- Drawing environment for typefaces
- Extension platform (Mechanic, Extension Store)
- Font generation
- FontParts API
- Full scripting access to objects and interface
- Interpolation between masters
- Kerning tools
- PostScript hinting
- Python 3.12 scripting support
- QuickLook and thumbnail plugin for UFO files in Finder
- Smart Sets
- TrueType hinting
- UFO3 native font format
- Variable fonts support
Pricing
Specific pricing is not publicly listed. The site offers download and purchase options, a Licensing Options page, and an Educational License / Student License Service.
Teachers can request a free 1-year trial license for their students, or subscribe to the Student License Service.