Alternatives and similar repositories for font-engineering

Users that are interested in font-engineering are comparing it to the libraries listed below

• psb1558 / ygt
  A graphical and cross-platform TrueType hinting program
  ☆62Updated last month
• hyvyys / language-data
  Pangrams, sample sentences, character sets and metadata for the world's languages
  ☆42Updated last year
• googlefonts / shaperglot
  Test font files for language support
  ☆43Updated this week
• koeberlin / Latin-Character-Sets
  Latin character sets for fonts that want to support more than the European languages.
  ☆111Updated last week
• typesupply / opentype-cookbook
  An introduction to OpenType features for type designers.
  ☆112Updated last year
• simoncozens / babelfont
  Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface
  ☆56Updated last week
• koeberlin / Designing-Latin-S
  A closer look at the additional glyphs of Latin S character set.
  ☆30Updated 4 months ago
• arrowtype / fonttools-intro
  An introduction to FontTools & font development
  ☆92Updated last year
• arrowtype / spacing
  A collection of resources & recommendations that are helpful for spacing
  ☆61Updated last month
• typotheque / text-shaping
  A tool-independent explanation of the logic and techniques behind Indic text shaping.
  ☆46Updated 4 years ago
• simoncozens / SuperTool
  You could use Glyphs without it...
  ☆32Updated last year
• sile-typesetter / fontproof
  A font design testing class and CLI tool for SILE
  ☆31Updated 3 weeks ago
• huertatipografica / HTLetterspacer
  HT Letterspacer is a tool for spacing fonts
  ☆75Updated 3 years ago
• rosettatype / hyperglot
  Hyperglot: a database and tools for detecting language support in fonts
  ☆182Updated last month
• n8willis / kernall
  Kerning and letterspacing research
  ☆38Updated 9 years ago
• MFEK / docs
  Modular Font Editor K documentation and design goals. This repository contains no source code; see the modules for source.
  ☆58Updated 2 years ago
• morisawausa / _vfvisualizer
  A visualizer and tool for setting up substitution rules for variable fonts
  ☆35Updated last year
• arrowtype / NLI-test
  A quick test of non-linear interpolation for variable fonts, using a “hidden” source as quadratic offcurves.
  ☆39Updated 4 years ago
• lynneyun / Tutorials
  Random assortment of tutorial posts, mostly Jupyter Notebook formats
  ☆26Updated 4 years ago
• typemytype / GlyphConstruction
  ☆71Updated 10 months ago
• simoncozens / otlfiddle
  Type feature code, get render view
  ☆39Updated 2 years ago
• imohanvadivel / variable-font-playground
  Simple tool for fiddling, animating variable axes and exploring OpenType features within the font.
  ☆30Updated 2 years ago
• googlefonts / diffenator2
  A font comparison tool that will not stop until your fonts are exhaustively compared.
  ☆54Updated this week
• googlefonts / EQX
  A typographically centric font testing tool.
  ☆30Updated 2 years ago
• mekkablue / Python-for-Glyphs
  TextMate Bundles and Sublime Snippets for Python in use with Glyphs.app
  ☆38Updated last year
• robotools / fontParts
  The replacement for RoboFab
  ☆143Updated this week
• simoncozens / fontFeatures
  Python library for manipulating OpenType font features
  ☆77Updated last month
• jakefleming / idiotproof
  A font proof for idiots
  ☆38Updated 2 months ago
• hyvyys / Bulletproof
  Online font tester. OpenType features, kerning, variable fonts, language support.
  ☆61Updated last year
• schriftgestalt / glyphs-packages
  Repository to collect all available plugins for Glyphs
  ☆43Updated last week