# Font creation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502 "2004-09-27T04:42:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![meatcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@meatcake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meatcake)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/1 "2004-09-27T04:42:25Z")

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I want to create a font. is there software/freeware for it?  
I’m on a mac, maybe there’s some hidden program for creating fonts in this thing?  
-mike

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/2 "2004-09-27T04:51:18Z")

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Fontographer (Macromedia)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/3 "2004-09-27T06:43:42Z")

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gracias mein comrade

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/4 "2004-09-27T19:26:24Z")

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I once was interested in making my own font. Fontographer was the only program I came across for this ability. Which is weird because Macromedia doesn’t release new versions of this program (or at least they hadn’t when I was checking it out).

I wonder if all font makers use the same version of Fontographer

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/5 "2004-09-27T19:54:22Z")

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there is another one I want to say made by adobe but I cannot think of the name at the moment. But fontagrapher is the standard pretty much

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-creation/65502/6 "2004-09-27T22:43:28Z")

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Adobe: FDK (font development kit - I think its free)… it works for OpenType fonts.

peace