FontStruct, the free font-building tool sponsored by FontShop just celebrated its fifth anniversary. In the half-decade since the launch of FontStruct, users have created over 650,000 fonts with the site’s tools.
FontStruct allows users to create fonts from geometrical shapes in a grid pattern in the “FontStructor” font editor. You might think of it as building glyphs from Legos.
After you finish creating all the glyphs in your font, you can save it in TrueType format for use in any Mac or Windows application, and choose the terms of the font license.
Even if you aren’t interested in creating your own fonts piece by piece, you can still use FontStruct by exploring the gallery of fonts created by other users and downloading them for your own use.
Some folks have been able to create amazingly detailed glyphs from those simple sets of building blocks.
And really, where else are you going to find a font called Badger Spine?
You can find more news, plus techniques, tips, and tricks on the FontStruct blog.
This article was last modified on July 28, 2021
This article was first published on April 2, 2013
Commenting is easier and faster when you're logged in!
Recommended for you
Paragraph Indents: Old Standby or Old Hat?
Indenting the first line of a paragraph is one of the most basic typographic con...
Take Advantage of InDesign's Nesting Instinct
Repetitive text formatting is a huge time waster, and even using paragraph and c...
Titling Fonts Are Hard to Find But Hard to Beat
Once upon a time — that is, before the industrial and electronic revolutio...