Glyphs

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Color fonts

Supported color formats include COLRv0/CPAL, COLRv1, SVG, sbix, and layered fonts.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Education and volume licenses

The maker lists half-price student licenses, discounted teacher licenses, school pricing, and discounts for volume purchases.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Exports

It exports CFF, CFF2, TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 fonts, plus PNG, SVG, PDF, and SFSymbols.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Extensions

The Plugin Manager offers hundreds of plug-ins and scripts, which can be installed with one click.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Glyphs Mini limits

Glyphs Mini 2 is for single-master OpenType fonts and lists Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Symbol, and Emoji as supported script examples.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Integrations

Glyphs provides a Python 3 API and supports user-written scripts and plug-ins.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Learning resources

The maker provides a Glyphs Handbook, tutorials, and a user forum for questions.handbook.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Maker

Glyphs GmbH is based in Vienna, Austria, and the site says Glyphs was first released in 2011.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

OpenType

The app can automate OpenType feature code and verify syntax inline as users type.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Privacy and security

The privacy policy says the company takes technical and organizational measures intended to provide security appropriate to risk; the policy was last updated 21 April 2023.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Purpose

Glyphs 4 is a Mac font editor for creating fonts, icons, lettering, logos, and pictograms.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Support

Technical support is available through the Glyphs Forum or by email to [email protected].glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Variable fonts

It supports multiple master drawings and can produce static and variable font files.glyphsapp.com · read 30 Sep 2026

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