Tool
BirdFont
Free TTF/OTF/SVG (incl. color) font editor
Features
- affordable desktop font creation
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Pricing detail
- Free OSS/freeware; paid for commercial Plus
- Platforms
- Desktop
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