When beginning a new project you are presented with a grid of letters and numbers as well as other characters so that you can select the one you want to invent. Clean interfaceĪ clear-cut, straightforward interface lets you start working on your letters from scratch. It can be used for business logos, where lettering can play an important role as far as product branding is concerned. Most of us take the various glyphs for granted and only a few can discern the fine lines that make the difference between similar fonts.īirdFont is a utility that can help aficionados and professionals alike create new letter types. Would easily be a 5 star app if it was a LOT more user friendly.Not many users know how much effort can sometimes be invested in creating a font. But it would sure be nice to know how to use it. Now that I’ve played with it, I would have paid $50 or $60 for it. I basically took a chance that it wasn’t complete garbage since it’s the only font editor in the app store. It’s a great app, and I was hesitent to pay $15 for it because even the description in the app store is almost nonexistent. I’m sure the developer knows exactly what all the tools are and how to use them, but how about helping out users that are new to editing fonts. There are even a few videos, but they have no sound so you are just basically watching someone move the cursor around and don’t know when/if he’s clicking the mouse or pressing a key or anything. It doesn’t tell what all the tool icons are either. There is a manual/tutorial on the website, but it is severely lacking in details. Some tools tips when hovering over them would be great.Īlso, there is no help file, or manual. Some are obvious but most are just symbols that mean nothing to the average user. There is nothing to tell you what the tools are. It did everything I needed to do, but I was fumbling all the way through using it - used command-z a lot. There is a non App Store version of this app on the web that seems to be popular. This appears to be the only font editor in the Mac App Store.
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