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FontForge

FontForge is a free and open-source font editor which supports many common font formats. Developed primarily by George Williams until 2012, FontForge is free software and is distributed under a mix of the GNU General Public License Version 3 and the 3-clause BSD license. It is available for operating systems including Linux, Windows, and macOS, and…

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History, Fonts developed with FontForge & Overview

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Developers
Frank Trampe, Ben Martin, Adrien Tétar, Khaled Hosny, Jeremy Tan
License
Mix of GNU General Public License v3 and BSD license
Original author
George Williams
Release
April 1, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-04-01)
Repository
github.com/fontforge/fontforge
Stable release
20251009 / 9 October 2025; 10 months ago (9 October 2025)

Topics to explore

A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.

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Overview

Supported formats

Development history

Fonts developed with FontForge

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.

FontForge

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples56
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

Quick relationship hints grouped by predicate. Useful for spotting recurring semantic connections around the current entity.

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FontForge

Top relations

related to Supported formats · 25
FontForge → BDF, FNT, FON, Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format, Its, OpenType, OTF, PostScript Type, Scalable Vector Graphics, Spline Font Database, Supported, SVG, TeX Bitmap Fonts, The, TrueType, TrueType Collection, TTC, TTF, UFO, Unified Font Object
related to history · 16
FontForge → Barry Schwartz, Crossland, Dave Crossland, FontForge's, George Williams, GitHub, In, Khaled Hosny, March, PfaEdit, SortsMill Tools, SourceForge, TeX Users Group, The FontForge, TUG, Williams
related to External links · 5
FontForge → George Williams, July, Media, Wikimedia Commons Official, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Developers · 1
FontForge → Frank Trampe, Ben Martin, Adrien Tétar, Khaled Hosny, Jeremy Tan
License · 1
FontForge → Mix of GNU General Public License v3 and BSD license
Original author · 1
FontForge → George Williams
Release · 1
FontForge → April 1, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-04-01)
Repository · 1
FontForge → github.com/fontforge/fontforge
Stable release · 1
FontForge → 20251009 / 9 October 2025; 10 months ago (9 October 2025)
Type · 1
FontForge → Font editor

Important terminology Word statistics

Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.

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Important terminology

font fonts supports opentype format also free formats developed williams project software supported george windows support linux python luatex gnu

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.
SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FontForgeDevelopersFrank Trampe, Ben Martin, Adrien Tétar, Khaled Hosny, Jeremy Tan1.00infobox
FontForgeLicenseMix of GNU General Public License v3 and BSD license1.00infobox
FontForgeOriginal authorGeorge Williams1.00infobox
FontForgeReleaseApril 1, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-04-01)1.00infobox
FontForgeRepositorygithub.com/fontforge/fontforge1.00infobox
FontForgeStable release20251009 / 9 October 2025; 10 months ago (9 October 2025)1.00infobox
FontForgeTypeFont editor1.00infobox
FontForgeWebsitefontforge.org1.00infobox
FontForgeWritten inC, C++1.00infobox
FontForgeis afree and open-source font editor which supports many common font formats0.90text
FontForgerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
FontForgerelated to External linksMedia0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

Clusters of nearby vocabulary surrounding the topic. Scan them for adjacent concepts and language you may have missed.

These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.

    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

    Bridge nodes connect otherwise separate parts of the map. Expand a row to inspect the topic groups on each side.

    Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.

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