Font Proofer
A tool for type designers to test their fonts insanely fast.
Font Proofer launched on February 3, 2023 with 7 votes, #1,558 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
While proofs are an essential part of the design and production process for every professional font, making them is often time consuming, error prone, or dependent on custom Python scripts. Font Proofer removes this friction.
Introducing Font Proofer—a tool for typeface designers to quickly test their work-in-progress fonts. Compatible with Glyphs and RoboFont. Proof documents are type specimens used during the design process rather than to present a finished typeface.
While proofs are an essential part of the design and production process for every professional font, making them is often time consuming, error prone, or dependent on custom Python scripts. Font Proofer removes this friction so you can spend more time on what matters: type design. Update your proof with one click as you make changes to your design in Glyphs 3 or RoboFont 4. Never waste another minute deleting characters that aren’t in your font yet. Whether in a spacing string or a paragraph, blank gaps and fallback glyphs reduce the efficacy of your proof. Font Proofer intelligently removes them for you. Sample text in a font missing x, w, and exclamation mark glyphs, and with a blank (yet…from fontproofer.com
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