Ifontmaker App Reviews

When drawing the preview line does not look like the actual line you’re drawing. Difficult for precision. An eraser tool would also bump up the rating from me.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great in so many ways. But, it only works on pages or other specific personal documents. You can’t copy and paste it, it is not a true font. You can’t use it in iMessage or anything else. All I would like is for a keyboard integration.

I do like the app, but it’s incredibly lacking on the Apple Pencil Front with no pressure sensitivity. If you want to make simple fonts, this app will do the job. If you’re wanting to create beautiful brush lettering fonts, you’re out of luck. If I had known the app lacked pressure support, I definitely wouldn’t have paid for it. I wish I could give it 5 ⭐️’s, but unfortunately, this missing feature is make-or-break for me.

If you want five stars, add a feature where I can take a font is that exists on my iPad (built-in or user-installed) and change part of that font, such as just changing parts of one or two letters to be more the way I would like them to be, when an existing font is 99% of what I need it to be but I want it to be 100% what I need. Can you do this? Please?

I really love this app, but there is one problem: not enough languages to choose from! Could you please add Hebrew, Korean, some more Chinese characters (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi letters?

I have wanted to create a font of my own handwriting for so very long and this one is perfection. I did have a couple of crashes but I will attribute those to user error, as I was getting used to the app. I have created my first font that is available in other apps and I have got to tell you that it is the most amazing fun to type really fast in my own hand. Thank you thank you thank you

What’s the point of supporting the Apple Pencil if you don’t support pressure sensitivity? App said it had updates to support iPad Pro, but the most obvious thing that would imply would be the ability to use the pencil to draw your letters more naturally (I.e.: with pressure sensitivity). Discovered immediately that it does not. Uninstalled and refund requested immediately.

This is wicked! I can’t believe it! I can literally make my own font! You guys rock!

I was looking forward to using this app on my IPad Pro, however, I can’t even get through each letter without it crashing on me. My Apple Pencil stops responding to the app also right before it crashes. So frustrating spending this kind of money on an app that does not work properly. Ridiculous.

I should have read more closely before buying this app. Drawing lines of similar thickness is fine for some things, but I was hoping for more.

This app constantly crashes and will not upload without buggy letters. So frustrating

I am making fonts that support SMP characters but they just appear as a half A and another half A. Please fix this bug, please!

The app is really good, unique in features, which allow users to do quick but good fonts. Unfortunately as other users have said, it crashes a lot and you have to restart the device. Other feature needed is the spacing between uppercase and lowercase letters, it is impossible that one-single-spacing works for both if you are doing a script font. Lastly, would be a treasure if the creators add support for a pressure brush since were are now in the pro era. I have requested this several times to the creators with no answer/interest from their part. Please don’t let this app become obsolete.

Stuck. Please fix.

Love this app. Just wish it wouldn’t freeze on my iPad Pro when trying to load a previous project. I have to shut down the iPad completely to get it to work again. Also wish there were different brush/pen options to make a more realistic brush fonts.

I love and actually use this app. Also my kids love it we use our fonts made on their iPads in fun ways please add iOS 12 support so we can continue to enjoy your awesome app!

This is an amazing app! I've used it to create several typefaces for my print designs. I really appreciate the ability to control the kerning pairs in this version. I draw the characters out on paper, import them as underlays and redraw them with the vector tools included in the app. The brushes aren't perfect, but are developed enough to make it both functional and valuable. One feature I'd love to see in future versions would be raster brushes that allowed for single pixel detail that the app could convert to vector automatically afterwards. Even lacking that, this app is a valuable gem in my design arsenal.

I am not a graphic designer but I've always had a thing about fonts and wanted to design my own. I had been looking for an app that would allow me to do this on any platform but they were all very expensive and/or complicated to use for someone like me. This app turned out to be exactly what I was looking for although I can certainly imagine that it may ver y well cater for professional requirements. This was money very well spent.

I am so sick of buying apps, only to discover they are totally useless to me because the developer didn't create it for BOTH orientations. I only use landscape, NOT portrait orientation on iPad! I think there ought to be a label on all one-orientation-only apps so I'm not stuck WASTING MONEY on useless apps.

I have made several handwritten fonts with this app and love the results. All of the additional "kerning" features help tremendously to refine the handwritten letters to link them seamlessly together. I love calligraphy writing and it gave me not only a rewarding finished product but was very fun during the creative process. Two-thumbs up -- especially with all the new updates. And thanks for giving us the update at no additional cost!

BUT PLEASE FIX THE CRASHING.

This app used to be confusing to use, but it worked. Now, after the update, it keeps crashing on me. I only got it to actually open once. It did not transfer over my older works in progress. I allowed me to create letters up to "F" and then it crashed again.

I enjoyed being able to create fonts with the first version of this app; it is the only type-creation tool on the App Store, but without bezier tools it was difficult to use. The previous update added Bezier, but crashed constantly. This update fixes that for me!

This is an app I only use a couple times a year, but it is so my son and I can create our own hand-crafted fonts. I am so thrilled that I have a font my son has created for every year since he was 5 (4 years ago). I can't wait until I receive my iPad Pro and Pencil in a few weeks...this will be the very first app I fire up so my son and I can create new handwritten fonts. Thanks soooo very much for creating this app!

I made my own font years ago but it took two days - writing,scanning,resizing,and re-touching was just *painful without this app*. This app literally makes all of your documents (and all devices and computers I use) into your own with your own handwriting coming from keyboard - that's the major reason I bought it for. It only took <10 mins. Quick notes to people has a very nice extra touch them. Many other uses for app. Useful professionally, personally, etc. thx iFontMaker!

The tools are super limited. The app crashes like ever 30 minutes. No settings for Apple Pencil. I can’t believe I spent money on this. If this app cost money it should feel like it cost money. Adobe’s free apps feel better.

Love this app but the current version keeps crashing on my iPad Pro.

I just updated this app, then opened it to check out the new stuff. I transferred over my fonts, and then it crashed. Every time I opened it, it crashed. I even tried deleting the app and re-downloading it. It started working, I tested it out a bit, and then it crashed. And now EVERY TIME I open it, it crashes. Please fix this. This could be a good update, I just won't know until I can actually run it.

I bought this to write my Japanese font. There are only a few kanjis and there is no way to edit the entire font. I wish i could get a refund. Also the export to their website seems shady. No way to export locally. This is not a professional tool, just a toy for kids.

Love this app, but would love more brushes or ability to upload our own.

I make fantasy alphabets and have since I was a teen for part of a game I've been making. Thanks to this simple yet powerful tool, I am able to! My only suggestion is a 'paste all' option for characters with multiple strokes.

One star rating because I can't use it. It crashes EVERY time I open it.

Every time I open the app it crashes. I love this app. Please fix!

This app is what all font apps should be like. I was unpleasantly surprised when I tried to make a font on my Mac- I'm an artist and I distinctly remember a time when making a font was simple and easy to do. It seems to be that all good apps are now charging $400+ or bogging down their software with buggy "features." I can't imagine a smoother or more beautiful, simple, intuitive way to craft a font. I have no doubt that if the effort was put in, a designer could go through the entire process just in this app. I would like to see support for other kinds of fonts, and perhaps also some cursive guides. Other Han that, this is perfection.

Just read a review that covered the lack of rotation and on screen scaling...I'd just like to echo those refinements. I do nearly everything on the iPad in landscape. As for the scaling, not a huge deal as you can import a background/template image to make adjustments to. But I did notice in scaling back up to workspace size, the s***** weight scaled too and needed further adjustment. My main issue though is working across multiple devices, a personal and a work ipad. There is no synchronization built in. You can export a file to email or Dropbox (and probably more) but it's oldschool and all too easy to forget to upload the latest changes. This also creates multiple server side copies of you font to keep track of...with different links to access them. So...in case it's not clear (I never thought to look) your font projects are uploaded to the server to be rendered. If the server goes down I'm guessing the app loses functionality. So much reliance on the server yet no sync? Oh well, like I said, it seems to do what it does well.

Hello I'm just starting to utilize your app and would like to say it's amazing in so many ways! Although I'm having difficulty with setting the border perimeter settings and/or adjusting the selected font to reduce the size of the font so it may be fit within the lines. A palm reset would be a nice feature to be added! As well as the perimeter lines to be able to be adjusted on the main screen!... Also to install the fonts from device fonts is working very slowly! If this could be fixed in your next update would be appreciated! Also maybe an eraser feature for when lines overlap would be helpful!... I will be more then happy to give you a 5 star rating when updates are made!... Thank you for your time and concern in these matters. Thank you Alta PLEASE CAN YOU DO AN UPDATE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR FOLDERS, WITHIN THE APP??.... "All perimeter lines should be able to move!.... ALSO A "FLIP" SETTING?... AND A MANUAL ERASER?.... All these features wold totally rock, I think most people that utilize this app as much as I do may agree! I'll be waiting Thank you

I’ve always wanted to have a font using my hand style for CAD drawings. 30+ years in design as an engineer and technical illustrator. Used every form of Autodesk and other tools. Tried all sorts of SHX files. Never got close to what this app lets me produce. I’ve never had a crash. Maybe older versions did. This one is fantastic. Takes a little knowledge of font design to really make use of the power of this app. Grab a book on typography if you don’t understand why letter spacing doesn’t seem to work for you. Then go back in and adjust your letters using the advanced tools in the app. If you’re a graphic designer this is a MUST HAVE. If you’ve just always wanted your own carefully developed hand written copy on your digital drawings, now you have a tool to do it! Not a paid endorsement. Just stinking love using this app :)

I love this app on my iPad mini, streamlined and very intuitive! I can’t assume people always have their iPad with them, as I do not, so I am hoping there is an iPhone (6s plus) version in the works? possibly? maybe? please?!!!

Very user friendly. Love this app.

This has been such a wonderful, intuitive resource for me as a teacher. I have used it to make test bubble fonts, math fonts, fun symbols, etc. What I like about this is it allows you to choose a font that you can use as a model, but can alter it to meet your needs. I am not a professional typesetter, so I don't really get the technical terms, and I could easily figure it out. Still, it would be nice to have a glossary of sorts for guidance. I'm sure I could get more out of this if I wanted to learn it.

This is a great tool for anyone, but a must for Graphic Designers. A fantastic app for any graphic artist or fontophile.

When I write threes, the lines (that show up perfect until I lift my finger) often warp and contort. Zooming in I have yet to find a way to move the center of focus? When transforming a character I would also like to be able to reverse it (so that d and b are mirror images, etc) And my biggest complaints are thus: Every time I am fine tuning a point, changing the angle or placement, the entire interface gets ruined by both the automatic magnifying glass function that is zoomed in too close for use and hides everything around where I am working, and when I release the point that I am manipulating, the delete point/add new point option box covers up everything around the point I was working with, so I have to click elsewhere just to see what I've done! This program is great for a great many things, but is infuriating for fine detail work, making it overpriced by at least three dollars. Also, so many symbols are are identical and that's a serious waste of effort on the users part.

This app has only got better over the years. it has wonderfully intuitive controls. I only wish there was control of the line end.

It great to finally be able to create real fonts on iPad. It is a simple apps that has only the most basic vector drawing tools and is not is not really good enough for the work I want to do, unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to import work from one of the better iPad vector graphics applications. Hopefully this app will improve with time. Developers of this type of app should aspire to build a more powerful and feature rich tool. It is good for what it costs but has vast room for improvement. My kids aged 4 and 6 love it! They have spent hours working through the unicode glyph set, tracing over examples.

I can't get into the new version!! Crash. Crash. Crash. If all my fonts are gone ..........

Update – June 18, 2016: More praise for a great app. I had not used iFontMaker for a while, and returned to it, for a specific project. I am pleased with the new features and refinements included in the update. The customizing of kerning is a dream! I was able to paste a block of my own text, and tune-in my intent, beyond the built-in options, to make the handwritten font appear to be very natural. I would prefer to work in a landscape format, and a fill tool would be nice, however, I cannot complain. The interface is elegant, and intuitive, especially given the complexity of the functions that this app allows. I have not found any better alternatives to this app, either on iOS or desktop. It is more costly than most iOS apps, but it delivers significant value. Bravo, and thanks to the developers! September 14, 2013: I cannot believe I have neglected leaving a rating for this app, for so long. My apologies to the developer for not doing anything to return the favor of the pleasure you have given. It is terrific, and the possibilities are amazing. This is one of my earliest purchases, and first of many "Ah ha!" moments I have had with my iPad. I made my living as a designer, and I suppose that being a designer is a rather chronic condition – we never really recover. I can remember the olden days, when accomplishing the feat of making one's own font required a tremendous amount more of time and experience. Now, you can use the fonts you make with a number of art and typography apps! UTTERLY AMAZING! Thank you.

Been looking for an app that would help me create fonts. This does it quite nicely. So far it seems like a really solid app. Keep up the good work.

Needs a update I can't email it to myself or look it up online

Would like a direct ttf export and wish it could be scaled down more for drawing, but I definitely see a holiday card font in the cards (har har). Having fun with this in any case, hope people will give a paid app a chance, it's really worth supporting. Great with iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil.

This app has some potential. I'd like more control over kerning and letter spacing. There are so many fonts that look good at first but suffer from bad spacing. Also an eraser and more brushes would allow for much more precision. The nudge tool is almost useless, and I'd really rather a tool that lets me control the outlines of the strokes or create an object by drawing points. For something quick that might be for personal use once or twice, it's not a bad app. Easy to figure out really. If you're looking for something to create a well constructed font to pass on to a client, I'd recommend looking elsewhere until this program can refine its precision.

I absolutely adore this program! I'm making fonts on the regular, and it's easy and fun. BUY IT!

I just got this app, so I could create a unique font for a project I'm working on. I like the app overall, but have two "pain-points" that I wish the developers would address. First - It only works in Portrait Mode on the iPad. I work almost exclusively in Landscape Mode. Making *me* change how I like to use my iPad seems like a bit of laziness on the part of the developers. Second - While you can scale your working size, I would like it to scale down much more. My font is a handwriting font that I'm trying to create. I don't typically write letters six inches high, and so my "handwriting font" isn't exactly "accurate" to the level I would prefer. I think if the developers could correct these two things, I'd easily give them four stars, and might even consider a 5-star rating. As it stands now, though, it's "acceptable", and good to create unique fonts with, but it doesn't really help me what the sole purpose that I purchased the app for.

I am working on a presentation and looking for interesting fun fonts to use. Came across this app and thought I'd give it a try. It is not cheap, but I thought since buying fonts cost more, this wouldn't be so bad. I'm glad I got it. My presentation turned out to be really nice because I used my own fonts!! Unique fonts that nobody can copy.

I have wanted my own font for some time, but it was either a pain to make on PC, or pricey to have someone else make it. So when I saw this app I was really excited. I have tried the few other true font making apps out there before shelling out the $ for this one & this one blows them away. Truly my only requests are a paste function so that I can import from another app that I find easier to write in, and an eraser. There is a feature to adjust spacing, and there are adequate instructions. My 12-year old daughter figured out how to save her font so that I could email it later. Check out the website if you need some more help.

Whenever I see an update for an application that I own, I always like to wait until some new reviews are in before I update. With this new update there were no new reviews to let me know if it was a good idea or not to upgrade the app. But, I just have to say that I am overjoyed that I took the chance and upgraded! Everything that worked wonderfully about the application still works, at least on my device it does. So, that is good news in my opinion. But, the new stuff that was added is just awesome. Playing around with the new Bezier Tool, oh my gosh, something I never knew I wanted but now that I have it I wish it had always been an option. It helps you to design font letters, numbers, characters, etcetera, in a way you previously couldn't, at least not without a lot of tiresome effort. Also, there are new shapes available like stars and hearts and a few others. I haven't tried those out yet, but they look like they will be a lot of fun to help you design your fonts. You also get new line brushes which I just love the newest editions. You get one brush that has an uneven s***** and I think it can help you create some really cool font designs. I didn't count how many new brushes, but I think it is like four or five new ones along with those fun shapes. I haven't found or figured out yet how to do the image and animated GIF export, but just the prospect of that is super exciting to me. I'm sure they are in there, though. I just got so excited and wanted to leave my new review, that I haven't had much time to check out the entire list of new features. Also, just the app in general looks really good I think, I really could tell they reworked the design but still kept it familiar. Well, I am off back into the app to explore the new features and design a new font. If you were like me and hesitant to update, I would say don't be because I think the new features are just killer. My sincere thanks and gratitude to the developer for all of the time, effort and hard work that you no doubt put into refining, polishing and reworking things for this superb update. I do wish, though, that this wonderful application could please be Universal so that I could use it on my iPhone as well please, thank you. Thanks again for this stellar update and God bless. iPad Air 2/ iOS 8.3 Edit: 06-21-15 I just figured out how the new Export image and Export animated GIF function works! I love it! When you have created fonts and you are using the Preview function where you type in characters to see what your font looks like. In that window in the bottom right corner, there is that share icon that you see throughout Apple devices. It is that icon with the square and the upward arrow pointing out the top of it. Anyways, when you click that you get the option to export a static image and also export an animated GIF file (though, I wish there was a "Save Image" option in that share menu and not just the "Email" and social network share options.). But, once you have typed more than one letter in the Preview window and if you then share it as an animated GIF. It will then create a GIF with every letter that you've typed so far in the Preview window and animate them one after another. I think it's really awesome and a superb way to showcase what your created font looks like to other people. So, thanks a lot for these wonderful new options.

I chose the option to migrate my previous projects with the updated version of this app, but now it won't open. Disappointed because I really enjoyed the app before the update.

So easy and fun to use!

I like the premise of the app. The creation of a font is very straight forward. Unfortunately, the overall user experience is pretty bad, as the application hangs and crashes regularly. This does not lose the characters already created, but it is time consuming to resolve. (Re-starting the application causes another crash...only a restart of the iDevice fixes the issue—until it happens again.)

I was skeptical about this app, but I decided to get it. This app constantly freezes up and remains unresponsive. Even after you forcefully close it out and relaunch it, it keeps freezing. Hope developer fixes this.

There are so many wonderful vector apps out there that make using bezier curves on an iPad so easy, but this app is like a throw back to the stone age. I’ve been dying for a professional type editor on iOS … such a disappointment.