FontStruct
A couple of the guys here at Tornado have been playing with FontStruct and making some fonts. It’s a pretty neat tool, and free!
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This is definitely a fun tool, but TrueType digital fonts have their limitations. This certainly doesn’t mean that they cannot be creative and useful though. Browsing the user gallery was especially fun and helpful for inspiration.