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Robofont

RoboFont is a font editor and development environment for type design, focused on extensibility and scripting. It runs on macOS and is used by professional designers to create and modify fonts.

The software uses the Unified Font Object (UFO) as its native data model and provides a graphical

Extensibility is a core feature. Users can write plug-ins and scripts to automate tasks, customize panels, or

Development and status: RoboFont was created by Just van Rossum and is maintained by a community of

See also: Font editors; Glyphs; FontForge; UFO (Unified Font Object).

interface
for
drawing
glyphs,
editing
contours,
and
managing
font
data
such
as
metrics
and
kerning.
It
is
designed
to
be
scriptable
with
Python;
the
RoboFab
API
and
FontTools
are
commonly
used
within
RoboFont
to
access
and
manipulate
font
data
programmatically.
create
new
tooling.
The
built-in
Python
console
and
accompanying
documentation
support
exploration
and
rapid
prototyping
of
workflows.
contributors.
It
is
part
of
a
broader
ecosystem
of
font
tools
and
is
often
used
in
conjunction
with
other
editors
and
utilities
in
professional
type
design
workflows.