Fontself

Easy font-making tools for Illustrator, Photoshop, and iPad

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At a glance

What it is

Fonts

Best for

For Designers

Pricing

Paid

Platforms

macOS, Windows, iOS

Integrations

Illustrator, Photoshop

Category

What it does

Turn lettering and drawings into fonts from desktop or iPad.

Detailed overview

Fontself turns lettering, icons, and drawn shapes into real OpenType fonts fast. It makes font creation feel like a creative plugin, not a full type-engineering course. People know the idea, but they still underestimate how useful it is for everyday creatives, letterers, illustrators, hobbyist type designers, and education teams. It's clearly shipping: the EULA names Fontself SAS as owner/operator, the release notes show Fontself Maker for Illustrator 3.6 on 2026-06-09, and the community forum has active 2026 threads.

Key features

Lettering to font
Illustrator and Photoshop plugins
iPad font creation
Color fonts

Who it's for

Best suited for designers looking for fonts tools. Easy font-making tools for Illustrator, Photoshop, and iPad

Tags

#font-maker #fonts #color-fonts #lettering-to-font #diy-font-creation #illustrator-plugin #ipad-fonts

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