Fontforge features

Scripting

FontForge allows scripting via python, or with it’s legacy scripter.

Auto-save

FontForge has built-in error recovery.

Edit Many Formats

FontForge lets you to open, edit, and convert

  • UFO (Unified Font Object)
  • WOFF (Web Open Format)
  • TrueType
  • OpenType
  • PostScript
  • Multiple-Master
  • CFF
  • SVG
  • Macintosh formats, including dfont and bin
  • Bitmap formats (bdf, FON, NFNT)

And its own SFD format. FontForge can also extract fonts fom PDFs.

Localization

FontForge’s user interface has been localized for: (English), Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Greek, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, German, Polish, Ukrainian and Catalan.