The Best 8 Microsoft Typography Alternatives

  • FontForge icon

    FontForge

    Typeface (font) editor program developed by George Williams. Fontforge is free software and is distributed under the BSD license. FontForge is available for several operating systems and is localized in several languages.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Mac

  • Apple Font Tool Suite icon

    Apple Font Tool Suite

    A suite of tools for working with font files. The tools focus on comparing, manipulating, and validating font files that are to be shipped for Apple’s operating systems....

    Free Mac OS X

  • Private Character Editor icon

    Private Character Editor

    (Windows built-in) Using Private Character Editor (PCE), you can create up to 6,400 unique characters (such as special letters and logos) for use in your font library....

    Free Windows

  • TruFont icon

    TruFont

    TruFont is a font-editing application written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon and PyQt5.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Microsoft Font Validator icon

    Microsoft Font Validator

    A tool that evaluates how closely a TrueType or OpenType font adheres to the current font format specification, as well as whether the font meets basic recommendations...

    Free Windows

  • AFDKO icon

    AFDKO

    AFDKO is a collection of command-line tools used at Adobe for manipulating and creating OpenType font files. Can verify structures, and table entries and their checksums.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • FontDoctor icon

    FontDoctor

    FontDoctor is the industry standard software for fixing font problems and organizing font files. Easily locate and eliminate hard-to-find font problems that wreak havoc...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows