Create a proof in seconds, from a variety of customizable layouts.
Update your proof with one click as you make changes
to your design in Glyphs 3 or RoboFont 4.
Removes missing & empty glyphs.
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 to be designed) asterisk glyph.
Your proof always uses the latest version of your design. You can finally forget about font caching, find-and-replace fonts, and managing files for every small iteration.
Save documents as .proof files to share with your colleagues and students. Easily copy and paste sections between proofs, and reuse them for any font.
Built with the latest technologies, Font Proofer is fast, stable, and familiar. It supports dark mode, native file saving, and all of the other Mac features you rely on.
Generate repetitive text strings
Designers have already used Font Proofer with a variety of scripts—including Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, and Chinese. Additional features like localized forms and vertical typesetting are coming soon. I’m committed to making this a tool for many scripts, languages, and writing systems, and welcome feedback about your proofing needs.
Reclaim time to focus on design.
Subscribe and start a free trial by downloading the app.
Requires macOS 12.3 or later (Monterey or Ventura)
Font editor integration requires Glyphs 3.1.1 or RoboFont 4.0, or later
Student discounts, financial assistance, and team setup available
About the Creator
Peter Nowell is a multidisciplinary designer, teacher, and inventor based in New York. His design portfolio spans UI/UX, web development, branding, print, and custom typography for clients as small as San Francisco’s Juice Shop and as large as Apple.
While studying typeface design in Type@Cooper, Peter realized how vital proofing is to the development of every professional font—but also how tedious it can be to create, edit, and reuse proof documents. Determined to find a better way, he taught himself new programming languages and applied his experience in UI/UX, graphic design, and teaching to develop a tool for the type design community. Three years later, he launched Font Proofer!
Peter has self-funded Font Proofer’s development, driven by the overwhelming enthusiasm from fellow type designers for a tool like this—the first of its kind. Peter’s goal is for Font Proofer to become a sustainable, community-supported project helping both experts and beginners to design their best type.
Join one of the upcoming webinars to learn more about Font Proofer and get your questions answered.