Free to use

Design pixel fonts
the way you draw

A live bitmap font editor with a character library, real-time preview, and export to TTF, BDF, and JSON.

Try in Browser Web Editor on GitHub
Glyphon editor showing a pixel font being designed
Features

Everything you need to make a bitmap font

Draw glyphs pixel by pixel, tune metrics with draggable guides, preview text in real time.

✏️

Pixel Grid Editor

Click or drag to set pixels. Draw, fill, shift, flip, undo — full editing toolkit with keyboard shortcuts.

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Live Metric Guides

Drag ascender, cap-height, x-height, baseline, and descender lines directly on the canvas.

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Full Character Set

Navigate 191 glyphs — uppercase, lowercase, digits, and punctuation — with a scrollable glyph panel.

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Real-time Preview

Type sample text and see it render at any scale using your font as you design it.

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Font Library

Save your fonts locally and browse a curated library of bitmap fonts as starting points.

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Export Anywhere

Export as a working TTF vector font, BDF bitmap file, or Glyphon's portable JSON format.


Platforms

Use it everywhere

Use it in the browser or download the native app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

● Live

Web

Runs in any modern browser. No installation, no account — open and start drawing.

Open Editor →
● Live

macOS

A native Mac app with deeper system integration, offline use, iCloud sync, and a file-based library.

Download on the Mac App Store →
● Live

iOS & iPadOS

Design fonts on your iPhone or iPad with touch support and a layout optimised for smaller screens.

Download on the App Store →

Bundled Font Library

Great fonts, ready to remix

The library includes complete, authentic bitmap fonts you can load and modify as a starting point.

Aa
Cozette
13×15 · by the-moonwitch
SIL OFL
Aa
Spleen 5×8
5×8 · by Frederic Cambus
BSD 2-Clause