Sort Type Lab

Sort Type Lab turns pixel drawings into real font files. Draw each glyph on a grid with your finger or Apple Pencil, then space it, kern it and export a finished font: TrueType, OpenType or WOFF for the web. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. Exported files go to Files, AirDrop or Mail and install like any other font on your computer. To look at your work right away, Sort Type Lab brings its own preview with sample text at several sizes, and a live web preview you can share. DRAW • A grid of any size, with columns and rows of different widths • Square, rounded and circular pixels, corner shapes, or your own custom blocks • Select an area to duplicate, mirror, copy and paste it • Trace a reference image, or lay another letter underneath, like an o under the e • Undo, redo and a version history for every font REFINE • Spacing in quarter cells, for the whole font and per glyph, checked in real words • GPOS kerning • A true italic as its own style-linked face • Rounded or chamfered glyph corners EXPORT • TrueType (.ttf), OpenType (.otf) and WOFF for the web • Variable fonts with up to four axes: weight, width, slant and outline • Colour fonts (COLR/CPAL), or one file per colour for apps that read no colour fonts • Sprite atlas (.fnt + .png) in the BMFont layout that common game engines read • Bitmap fonts (.bdf) for terminals and retro tooling SYNC • iCloud keeps your library in step across your devices and can be switched off. Without iCloud the app works fully; the library then stays on the device. • Projects are plain JSON files you can copy, back up and open in any editor. FREE AND PRO The free version holds one font and exports complete, installable files marked as a trial. Sort Type Lab Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription and no account. It lifts the limit, removes the trial mark and adds variable fonts, colour fonts, the sprite atlas and BDF export, and stays with your Apple Account on every device you own. For indie games, retro branding, or letters of your own.