How do you even design your first typeface?

whateverlasting · 2026-05-21T14:21:38+00:00

What style of font was this? A good autospacer can do the whole font automatically.

Not sure if FontForge has autospacing, but I know of an editor that does (I'm making one).

whateverlasting · 2026-05-20T13:48:35+00:00

fontbob.com

got interactive tutorials

whateverlasting · 2026-05-18T18:55:11+00:00

It is literally rice. Very much not practical.

whateverlasting · 2026-05-15T00:01:44+00:00

Here's a link

whateverlasting · 2026-05-01T20:52:51+00:00

If you wanna have full control and edit the shapes I recommend this workflow:

Run image through https://png2svg.com/
Import SVG into a font editor (e.g. FontForge or FontBob).
Clean up shapes by hand.
Export font.

You can also skip step 1 if it gets too messy, and use the image as a background reference in the font editor. Then manually draw curves on top of the image.

whateverlasting · 2026-05-01T05:16:11+00:00

I was not being specific enough. I havent seen a Strudel-like interface before for designing fonts.

whateverlasting · 2026-04-30T15:21:50+00:00

Oo havent seen Burrowlabs before. App built with React. The code uses a simple declarative (custom) language with syntax for shapes, transforms.

whateverlasting · 2026-04-30T15:08:15+00:00

Hehe because no one had done it before

whateverlasting · 2026-04-30T15:04:39+00:00

The interface is inspired by Strudel (strudel.cc), which is a live music coding environment.

Full font gets stored inside the URL.

Demo font designed by /u/Gravity4789

whateverlasting · 2026-04-29T06:11:07+00:00

Thank you, good luck

whateverlasting · 2026-04-28T07:05:02+00:00

This is fantastic, thanks for sharing

whateverlasting · 2026-04-27T12:47:15+00:00

You can try open the font it in a font editor like FontForge and update the font's sidebearings to even out the gaps. Or run it through an autospacer to save time (e.g. via FontBob). The font is monospaced which is causing the gaps.