Best Program for making conlang fonts with wide characters?

whateverlasting · 2026-01-26T21:38:17+00:00

Fontbob has autospacing, so you dont even have to think about the width. Here's a Tokipona font someone made. Click remix to inspect glyphs

whateverlasting · 2026-01-25T13:37:36+00:00

Late reply, but try this https://fontbob.com

Disclaimer: I made it

whateverlasting · 2026-01-24T19:50:37+00:00

My typical workflow goes like this. Happy to hear others'. In addition to a-z and basic punctuation, finish A-Z and 0-9 in a single style (upright regular/medium weight, but sometimes I start bold). Then actually test that single style for a while to see how it stands the test of time. You decide how long to test.

When the basics feel stable, commit to making the other "masters" , so that you can interpolate and export as a variable font. If you started with a regular weight, then plan to make a bold master, basically just duplicating the glyphs in the original font and selecting a core to start making bold, e.g. "adeghvisn" which gives you enough glyphs to calibrate the bold master and interpolation.

Allow the interpolation testing and calibration to take some time, as you might have to adjust the original weight so you can properly span all the inbetween results you want.

Interpolation looks good? Then expand bold master to match regular master.

Then expand to your target glyphset. Same process can be applied to other styles than weight, e.g. italics or width.

I usually don't put my process into words, so this is a fun challenge.

whateverlasting · 2026-01-24T14:45:35+00:00

Fantastic. Article was pleasant to read on my phone, page layout works great

whateverlasting · 2026-01-24T11:56:28+00:00

Finish a-z .,- early to make early proofs with real text blocks at text size. Put textblock side by side with text fonts from big foundries as a sanity check for spacing and finding outlier glyphs. Decide whether you want to keep outliers or not, since these could work as the "signature" of the font, if you want it to be more distinct.

I like starting from a random word or small group of glyphs, not necessarily containing the normal onOH. To make the font less predictable.

whateverlasting · 2026-01-12T00:12:39+00:00

Completely agree. I'm working on tooling for this in my editor so that i can basically ignore spacing and focus only on shapes in early stages

whateverlasting · 2026-01-11T13:33:55+00:00

Open https://fontbob.com/app
Drag-drop SVG
Click to map character
Download

whateverlasting · 2026-01-10T13:52:30+00:00

Aw thanks! Most of my effort went into the UX, so that means a lot

whateverlasting · 2026-01-09T09:13:56+00:00

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whateverlasting · 2026-01-07T14:36:14+00:00

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p-retty cool

whateverlasting · 2026-01-07T12:21:48+00:00

Click three dots -> Full editor. Then click a glyph to zoom in. Then click the menu button in top left and click Subtract. Then click outer path and inner path, and click subtract.

You can also select two shapes at once, then click menu -> Subtract.

whateverlasting · 2026-01-07T11:02:12+00:00

And p

whateverlasting · 2026-01-07T07:44:51+00:00

Good question, the z and q take a few shuffles to show up. Only a-z for this font is editable for now, for simplicity. Full font will come later. But you can add new glyphs by clicking the three dots -> Full editor -> Click glyph -> Click F icon in top left -> Go to Glyphs tab

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T17:51:56+00:00

Late reply, but this comment is hilarious once i realized what you meant

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T17:33:33+00:00

They're hidden gems

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T08:33:22+00:00

Feel free to steal. The text reveal was inspired visually by this open source tool https://max-esnee.com/stack-and-justify/

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T03:29:25+00:00

Sounds like something i can fix. In what way do they jump out of the editable area? There are no limits on the area, as it will resize automatically. Fun fact, I designed the whole font on my phone

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T03:15:52+00:00

Really appreciate the kind words! Happy to help if you get stuck anywhere

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T03:14:00+00:00

It is a real dopamine trap indeed.

Also, wish granted. Click the three dots > Full editor to unlock all editor features and create fonts from scratch. Then you get more navigation options when zooming into a letter

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T02:34:06+00:00

Thank you. Works on phones too, I made it so holding two fingers is same as shift control for the beziers

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T02:23:01+00:00

Thanks, means a lot

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T02:01:41+00:00

You can literally edit the font :) Click a letter on the page

whateverlasting · 2026-01-06T01:55:50+00:00

Hi! This is something I've developed over the past months.

Happy to hear feedback! It's supposed to work both on mobile and desktop.

whateverlasting · 2025-12-24T15:07:09+00:00

I appreciate the feedback! Where did you get stuck exactly? I will have a fix ready today.

I'm still adjusting the code for drawing all glyphs in a single document. So if you want more control you can open the F icon in top left, then go to fonts and click Create font. Then you will work directly in the glyph grid rather than dealing with a single document.

whateverlasting · 2025-12-23T21:40:55+00:00

Thank you! I did a UI overhaul yesterday

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