Comparison of font editors

This is a technical feature comparison of font editors.

General
Basic general information about font editors: creator, first release date, latest stable version, latest release date and license.

Operating system support
The table below lists the operating systems on which each font editor can run.

General features
Below is an overview of general features typical for font editors.

The OpenType cmap table can reference a maximum of 65536 glyphs.

TrueType hinting
Font editors supporting TrueType hinting can do that either automatically or manually. The availability of these functions and the possibility to debug hinting is indicated in the following table.