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Glyphs
Glyphs is a professional Mac font editor designed for type designers, letterers, and graphic designers.
Our verdict
Who it's for
A powerful Mac font editor for creating, producing, and managing typefaces, icons, and variable fonts.
Who should look elsewhere
Glyphs Mini (lighter version) lacks support for complex scripts, variable fonts, and many advanced features.
Pros
- +Intuitive and efficient for type design, even for newcomers.
- +Comprehensive features for professional font creation, including variable fonts and complex scripts.
- +High level of precision and control over Bézier curves.
- +Extensible with a wide range of free plugins and scripts.
- +Supports color fonts and advanced OpenType features.
Cons
- −Glyphs Mini (lighter version) lacks support for complex scripts, variable fonts, and many advanced features.
- −Requires macOS 10.11 or above.
- −No explicit mention of Windows or Linux compatibility.
Key features
- ✓High-precision vector drawing tools
- ✓Multiple master management and interpolation for variable fonts
- ✓Smart shape reuse with components (corners, caps, segments, smart components)
- ✓Color layers for color fonts (SVG, CPAL/COLR, sbix, classic layer fonts)
- ✓Non-destructive strokes and masks for contours
- ✓Automatic OpenType feature generation and advanced editor
- ✓Import/Export of various font formats (OTF, TTF, UFO, WOFF, WOFF2, SFSymbols, images)
- ✓PostScript and TrueType hinting (TTF Autohint integrated)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glyphs 3 | $320 | month | Create full-fledged OpenType font families, variable fonts, images and SFSymbols; Edit, space and kern glyphs in a word context; Advanced vector drawing tools |
| Glyphs Mini 2 | $53 | month | Create single-master OpenType fonts; Edit, space and kern glyphs in a word context; Advanced vector drawing tools |