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Tools

• Free type design softwares:
  • Metafont (web)
  • Fontforge (Linux, Windows, Mac)
  • Metapolator (web)
  • Birdfont (Linux, Windows, Mac)
  • Trufont (Linux, Windows, Mac)
  • Glyphr Studio (web)
  • Metaflop Modulator (web)
  • Fontstruct (web)
• Proprietary type design softwares:
  • Robofont (Mac)
  • Glyph (Mac)
  • Fontlab (Windows, Mac)
• Other type tools:
  • Fontview (Linux, Mac, open-source)
    Tiny software for testing fonts and variable fonts.
  • Dinamo Font Gauntlet (web)
    Web tool to preview, test and animate variable fonts.
• Layout softwares:
  • Drawbot (Mac, open-source)
• Web tools:
  • Processwire
    the CMS we use for this website. Fully customizable, clean, we love it.

Other open source foundries / collections

Visit Velvetyne Libre Friends, a list of free and open source foundries or libre font collections picked by the members of the collective.

Friends and mates

• Open Source Publishing
• Luuse
• Peter Wiegel
• Loraine Furter
• Bryce Wilner
• Manufactura Independente
• Love Letters Foundry
• La Générale
• Fanzines! Festival