Design & creative
Birdfont provides a visual workspace for building glyphs and exporting fonts. Its editions distinguish open-source code from packaged binaries, with different permissions for free-font creation and commercially licensed font work.
Visual glyph construction with familiar outlines
Freeware binary requires SIL Open Font licensed output. Commercial and Plus binaries are paid.
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Birdfont provides free GPL source code and a free binary edition for creating SIL Open Font licensed fonts. Paid commercial and Plus binaries have different permissions and features, so choose the edition before starting a font project.
GPL source is free. The free binary is for SIL Open Font licensed fonts; commercial and Plus binaries are paid.
GPL source is free. The free binary is for SIL Open Font licensed fonts; commercial and Plus binaries are paid.
Visual outline tools make custom glyph construction approachable.
Several font export formats support different delivery needs.
Freeware binary requires SIL Open Font licensed output
Commercial and Plus binaries are paid
Sketch a small alphabet and test spacing in words before drawing a full character set. Check the edition rules before starting commercial font production, particularly if downloading the free binary.
Retain the editable font project so outlines and metrics can be corrected after testing. The official comparison says that binary is for creating fonts under the SIL Open Font License. Yes. The download page lists a free open-source edition under the GNU GPL.
Birdfont provides free GPL source code and a free binary edition for creating SIL Open Font licensed fonts. Paid commercial and Plus binaries have different permissions and features, so choose the edition before starting a font project.
The official comparison says that binary is for creating fonts under the SIL Open Font License.
Yes. The download page lists a free open-source edition under the GNU GPL.
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