Tool
RoboFont
Scriptable UFO-centric Mac type editor
About
Dozens of open-source extensions by multiple developers are available on GitHub and via Mechanic.
A growing collection of commercial extensions by certified developers are available in the Extension Store.
Features
- requires macOS 10.12 or higher
- uses UFO3 as native font format
- supports Python 3.12 out of the box
- Ramsay St. by Frederik Berlaen
- GlyphConstruction by Frederik Berlaen
- OverlayUFOs by David Jonathan Ross
- Pricing
- Paid
- Pricing detail
- One-time Mac UFO-centric type editor
- Platforms
- Desktop
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