Fontbench compiles a genuine TrueType font in your browser, one letter at a time. Trace the ghost letters or draw freehand, watch the proof strip rebuild after every stroke, then export a .ttf and install it like any font you would buy. No plugins, no account, no design degree.
Making a font has always meant expensive desktop software and a long apprenticeship. Fontbench puts the whole loop, draw to installable file, inside a browser tab.
The font is compiled from scratch in the browser, tables and checksums included. Chrome's own font sanitiser accepts the file, and Windows and macOS install it on a double click.
Every stroke rebuilds the font and re-renders the proof line in it, so you are always reading your actual typeface rather than a preview of one.
A drafting sheet with ascender, cap, x-height, baseline and descender rules, plus serif, sans, script and mono ghosts to trace. Side bearings are fitted for you.
Reads your drawn letters into a style profile, then compares them pixel by pixel against real fonts and scores how original the design is. A design guide, not legal clearance.
Generates a complete 82-glyph original typeface from a style genome, checks it against real fonts, and starts over if it lands too close to one. Previewed in a properly compiled font.
No sign-up, no upload, no server. Your letters, your project file and your exported font stay on your own device, which is the house standard here.
Drawing your own typeface and exporting it costs nothing, and always will. You only pay if you want the Font Agent designing originals for you.
A licence key is per browser, so enter it once on each device you draw on.
Open the bench, trace one letter, and watch the proof strip come up in a font that did not exist a minute ago. It takes about as long as reading this page.
