I have a few hundred hours I can't get back because I didn't know what I was doing and I jumped in head first. It will save you tons of time in the long run. 7,000 each from Google and FontLab, together with a copy of FontLab 5.
DECREASE SIZE OF ALL GLYPH FONTLAB HOW TO
The most important thing to do, no matter which software you choose to go with, is learn how to set up a font correctly (UPM size, metrics, hinting, etc.). to hint composite glyphs differently, greatly reducing the bytecode size of. I like drawing in FontLab best (better than Ai's pen tool IMO), but the components in Glyphs can be a lifesaver especially if you'd like to tweak serifs or pieces of many characters at once. I've also spent time with FontForge, Glyphs, and Fontographer and they are all very competent programs, it just comes down to what you want to do with it. If a font has 2048 UPM size of 2048, to get a text string of 100 pixels it would need to be scaled by 4.9. If a font has 1000 UPM, to get a text string with a height of 100 pixels (assuming that we use a raster output device), the rendering system would scale this font by 10. Whether you want to make a simple font with upper and lower case, numbers, and basic punctuation OR a fully featured font family with multiple language support, FontLab can definitely get you there. Generally in western fonts it is 7580 above and 2025 below. Correct is the operative word here: I have never made. Once in FontLab, I move the glyph into the correct position on the glyph window. Then I cut the glyph, move to FontLab, open the glyph window and paste. It's an extremely powerful program and its has all the features necessary to make professional fonts. Then the process is to select a single glyph in Illustrator, copy it, paste it onto the pasting page, and scale it to the right size.
I am a graphic designer turned type designer and I've been using FontLab Studio for 7 or 8 years.
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