Glyphr Studio

Although we rarely think about their importance and, more often than not, we take them for granted, fonts have a massive impact on the way we perceive certain designs or on how our attention is captured.

If you are a typography enthusiast or even a marketing specialist, then you surely understand that sometimes fonts are just as important as the message itself and, consequently, having the right tools for creating them is a vital part of the creative process.

Glyphr Studio is a modern-looking and smooth-running piece of software that started out in life as a web app but can now be run directly from the comforts of your computer's desktop thanks to the technologies behind the Electron framework.

This said, getting started with this app is quite straightforward, with you only having to unzip the package and launching it via its executable file. Upon first starting the app, you are offered the options to start a new project, to load an already existing one or to get a head start by tweaking some of the provided examples.

Even if you have not worked with apps of this sort, you will most probably find this to be a very intuitive app. The application looks and feels modern, with a reactive interface and with easily accessible and well-organized menus.

The main window is split into two main sections: the left side is the place from where you can access most of the app's specialized tools while the right side is almost exclusively dedicated to the very straightforward font editor.

The utility provides you with a set of useful editing tools such as the pen and pointer and all the features you need to define new shapes and create font components from scratch. Also worth mentioning is the fact that you can quickly try out your fonts within the app thanks to a useful 'Test Drive' live preview.

More experienced users might be quite happy to find out that Glyphr Studio makes it possible for anyone to combine two or more sequences of letters in order to create super-characters. Besides this, it also offers the possibility to fully control the spacing between the letters.

It should also be pointed out that you can easily import SVG Fonts or outlines from other vector editing piece of software and also export your projects as SVG and OTF fonts.

Glyphr Studio proved itself to be a very competent font designer and editor that is dedicated to all categories of users, regardless of their experience with similar tools.

Lastly, since it is Electron-based, it can be run just as smoothly on all major OSs out there, namely Windows, macOS and Linux.