Afont editor is a class ofapplication software specifically designed to create or modifyfont files. Font editors differ greatly depending on if they are designed to editbitmap fonts oroutline fonts. Most modern font editors deal with the outline fonts. Bitmap fonts uses an older technology and are most commonly used inconsole applications. The bitmap font editors were usually very specialized, as eachcomputing platform had its own font format. One subcategory of bitmap fonts istext mode fonts.
The following editors use outline vector graphics to create font files in common formats.
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