The easiest way to get started with the FontStructor is to read the quick start guide. Other frequently asked questions about FontStruct are answered below.

• Ethical FontStructing

  • Comments
  • Cloning
  • General Behaviour

• The Basics

  • Where can I find help?
  • What is FontStruct?
  • What is the FontStructor?
  • How do I create an account?
  • I have not received my confirmation email. What now?
  • I have an account but I can’t sign in. What now?
  • How do I create a FontStruction?
  • What is a FontStruction?

• Licensing & Legal Questions

  • An Overview of Licensing
  • Does copyright over fonts created with FontStruct belong to me or FontStruct?
  • Can I use FontStruction X in a project?
  • Why can’t I download font X?

• The Fontstructor

  • What is the “Newer Version Exists” warning?
  • What do I do if the FontStruct server is unavailable?
  • What if I cannot save my work?

• Designing FontStructions

  • Can I use FontStruct to create a font with my own handwriting?
  • Where is my Tools palette?
  • Can I upload existing fonts to FontStruct?
  • How can I design Colour Fonts?
  • Where are the glyphs for Kanji, CJK, Emojis, PUA ?
  • Can I make pixel fonts for Flash with FontStruct?
  • Can I control the metrics generated by FontStruct?

• FS Patrons

  • All about FS Patrons

• Managing FontStructions

  • How do I share a FontStruction?
  • How do I clone a FontStruction?
  • Why doesn’t my FontStruction appear in the Gallery?

• Sets

  • Who can be a Set Curator?
  • What does it mean to be a Set Curator?
  • What is a Set Curator actually expected to do?
  • Can a FontStruction be in multiple Sets?
  • Can multiple people curate one Set?
  • Are there any benefits to being a Set Curator?
  • Why not let everyone apply Sets and Categories to FontStructions?

• The FontStruct website

  • How does the rating system work?
  • What are “Hidden Gems”?
  • Which FontStruction is used in the FontStruct logo?
  • Can I share my FontStruct user account with others?

• Technical Questions

  • Saving Problems
  • Does the FontStructor save anything on my machine
  • What is “Glyphs”?
  • Can you add more unicode codepages (letters) to FontStruct?
  • My download only contains the letter F (My download does not contain all the letters I designed)
  • How do I install fonts made with FontStruct?
  • What about non-latin fonts? Arabic, Hebrew etc. ?
  • Technically what kind of fonts are downloaded by FontStruct?
  • Why is the relative size of my downloaded font too big/too small?

• Bricks

  • What is “brick stacking”?
  • Could you please add these bricks?