50 tools
Typography
Fonts, type specimens, and layout tools for pairing and setting type.
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Browser type editor with 105-rule teaching audit
github.com icon
Client-side foundry: edit Béziers, export OTF/WOFF2
Source-oriented font toolchain (JSON + browser editor)
Web typography engine: draw/trace → OTF/TTF/WOFF
fontra.xyz icon
Browser-based font editor (active 2026 development)
glyphrstudio.com icon
Free open web font editor for beginners
fontforge.org icon
Classic free desktop font editor
birdfont.org icon
Free TTF/OTF/SVG (incl. color) font editor
lipi.ai icon
Browser font studio (freemium)
fontish.com icon
Browser font tool (subscription)
hellbox.com icon
Mac font proofing with MCP for AI assistants
fontpair.co icon
Curated Google/Fontshare pairings + brand kits
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About this shelf
Type tools are easy to spam and hard to curate. This shelf is font sources, pairing and specimen tools, and layout utilities that help you set type — not a dump of every free TTF on the internet. If you are choosing a family for a product or a site, you want licenses, optical sizes, and a specimen you can trust at 14px and 72px.
Variable fonts, good italics, and a real webfont story matter more than another geometric sans with a cute landing page. Featured picks are tools that help you decide or acquire type, not just browse posters. The grid is the rest of the typography listings we currently keep.
Pair this shelf with branding when the type decision is the identity, and with UI kits when you already have a family and need components. If you are generating OG images, the card will lie if the webfont is not loaded; test the actual file.
We skip “1,000,000 fonts” directories that are mostly malware and expired licenses. If a listing looks thin, open the local tool page and read pricing and source. That is the point of a catalog page over an affiliate roundup.
Questions
- Do you sell fonts?
- No. We list tools and foundries in the catalog. Buy from the vendor; we are a discovery directory.
- Can I use these fonts in a product UI?
- Only if the license allows app or webfont use. Desktop-only licenses are a common trap.
- Where should I look for pairing help?
- Specimen and pairing tools on this shelf, plus whatever your design system already standardized.
- Why is a famous foundry missing?
- It may not be in the catalog yet. Suggest it through the usual listing path rather than treating this as an exhaustive font index.