Glyphs

Glyphs has earned its spot as one of the most widely used tools in type design. It hits the balance between control and ease of use, offering a workflow that’s clean, flexible, and made for drawing real fonts, not just experimenting. The interface stays out of the way, giving you space to focus on curve quality, spacing, and structural consistency without wrestling with clutter.

You can manage multiple masters, set up variable fonts, write OpenType features, and handle interpolation without a bunch of extra steps. The spacing tools are efficient, the editing tools feel deliberate, and exporting production-ready files is straightforward once you’re dialed in. It’s fast to move between drawing, testing, and refining, which makes it a solid choice for building full families or working through custom projects.

The plugin ecosystem is solid and adds useful tools for batch editing, naming, hinting, and more. Nothing flashy, just things that save time. It’s Mac-only, and there’s a learning curve if you’re coming from other editors, but once you get your head around how it thinks, it becomes a reliable part of your workflow.