BirdFont is a free, Open Source font editor written by Johan Mattsson using Vala programming language. It lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, EOT & SVG fonts. It is available for Windows, Linux, Mac and OpenBSD platforms.
Install BirdFont On Ubuntu 13.10/13.04, Linux Mint 16/15
BirdFont team has a PPA in launchpad to make the installation lot easier. All you have to do is add this PPA in your system using command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
Update the sources list.
sudo apt-get update
Then install BirdFont using the following command:
sudo apt-get install birdfont
Launch BirdFont
Open it either form Dash or Menu.
BirdFont default interface will look like below.
Though the interface of BirdFont looks bit confusing at first sight, you can easily learn it using the Official Tutorials page. Also Johan Mattsson have made and published a Screencast in Youtube on how to create font using BirdFont. Please view the following video tutorial to getting started with BirdFont
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxVhe3J7eGw[/youtube]
It’s ideal for creating basic fonts with solid colors either from scratch or from background images. Download it for free and give it a try! Enjoy!!
