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BitFontMaker2 is a bitmap font editor that runs in a browser: draw each character on a small grid, set the widths, and download a TrueType file. It has been around a long time and stayed simple, which is why it is still the quickest way to get a pixel font out of an idea.
PixelForge is a font editor built for pixel fonts: draw each glyph on a grid, set the spacing and kerning, and export a TrueType file that installs like any other font. It can also import an existing TTF - if it is genuinely a pixel font it detects the size and loads the glyphs back onto the grid for editing.
FontStruct builds fonts by snapping shapes together on a grid, which makes it a natural fit for pixel and bitmap lettering. Finished fonts download as TrueType, and the site is also a large public gallery of fonts other people have built, most of which can be opened and taken apart.
Its standout feature is built-in isometric tools: a 2:1 iso grid, pixel-clean lines that snap to iso angles, shapes that sit on walls and floors, and shaded cubes and cylinders drawn in a single drag.
It also has everything you’d expect for sprites and animation: a frame timeline with onion skin, per-frame timing and animation tags; pixel-perfect pencil, dither brush and dither gradient, symmetry and live outline; RotSprite rotation and free transform; custom brushes and shareable brush packs; a built-in pixel font creator with a Text tool; .hex palette import (works great with Lospec palettes); and export to PNG at any scale, sprite sheets with Aseprite-format JSON, and transparent animated GIFs.
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