trufont
TruFont is a streamlined and hackable font editor. À l’ancienne. (by trufont)
GimelStudio
Non-destructive, node based 2D image editor with an API for custom nodes (by GimelStudio)
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| trufont | GimelStudio | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | |
| 465 | 632 | |
| 0.2% | 1.1% | |
| 1.6 | 4.9 | |
| 10 months ago | 6 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
trufont
Posts with mentions or reviews of trufont.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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Converting .CFF format to .TTF
It works for sure - and quite well. I teach my students on FontForge and they prepare good quality CFF and TTF fonts. Personally I work with FontLab 8. But sometimes I use also FontForge and even TruFont. So, for the conversion you can use also TruFont (https://github.com/trufont/trufont).
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What do folks think about such fragmentation when it comes to linux in general
The one thing I've noticed as I've moved more and more to FLOSS solutions is the extent to which everything is made with developers as end users in mind. Like one totally ubiquitous thing is describing an application substantially or primarily by the tools used to create it. One example that stuck in my mind is trufont, which is described as
GimelStudio
Posts with mentions or reviews of GimelStudio.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-08.
- Gimel Studio: Non-destructive, 2D image editor
- Alma – Generative Graphics Creator
- Am I the only one who sometimes edits stills in Nuke?
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Open-source, non-destructive, node-based 2D image graphics editor (in development)
With great feedback from the initial series' of Gimel Studio (here), the next generation of Gimel Studio is being developed at https://github.com/GimelStudio/GimelStudio with an expanded vision and many improvements + new features planned.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing trufont and GimelStudio you can also consider the following projects:
Image2CAD - An application to translate raster image of CAD drawing sheet to a user editable DXF format.
Graphite - 2D raster & vector editor that melds traditional layers & tools with a modern node-based, non-destructive, procedural workflow.