Glyph-Master FX

Next-Generation Japanese Glyph Editor

A professional editor built for creating, editing, and managing Japanese glyphs with speed and efficiency. Define glyphs through stroke skeletons, reusable components, and structural templates, apply style variants, and automatically generate production-grade vector outlines. Built for the browser with an optimized, user-friendly interface, it combines powerful editing tools with rich metadata and deep Kanji-Database integration. For everything from individual glyph creation to complete font generation.

Features

Full Character Support

Create any Japanese character, from Kanji and Kana to radicals, graphemes, symbols, and more.

Stroke Skeletons

An innovative and scalable way to define a glyph’s structure through stroke paths, independently of its outline shape.

Vector Outlines

Automatically compute resolution-independent, perfect vector outlines from underlying stroke skeletons using built-in style templates.

Component Library

Use a customizable library of predefined components, including strokes and elements, for rapid and consistent glyph creation.

Linked Components

Create glyphs from reusable components. Edit a component once, and all glyphs that reference it update automatically.

Structure Templates

Build complex glyphs from predefined templates for common structures, with room for subtle adjustments that add flexibility while preserving speed and consistency.

Font Styles

Apply a wide range of font styles and style variations, including Mincho, Gothic, and multiple variants within each style class, based on predefined shape templates.

Font Weights

Generate all standard font weights (100–900) automatically, from Thin and Regular to Bold and Black, without duplicating work across multiple weight versions.

Stroke Contrast

Built-in support for low, medium, and high stroke contrast, emphasizing the difference between thick and thin stroke segments.

Visual Aids

Take advantage of built-in visual aids to speed up the design process, including typographic grids, opacity controls, and alignment tools.

Rich Metadata

Automatic generation of detailed glyph metadata, such as part counts and part order, for search and analysis.

Editing Modes

Edit entire glyphs or specific parts such as components, strokes, and points at various levels, either individually or in groups.

UX First

A modern, streamlined interface with intuitive features for maximum speed and efficiency in glyph creation.

Web-Application

A fully browser-based, high-performance desktop application with instant access and no installation required.

Powered by Kanji-Database

Explore and leverage the full collection of Japanese glyphs from Kanji-Database.

Font Generation

Select and export complete character sets as production-ready fonts.

SVG Image Export

Export single glyphs or groups of glyphs as high-quality static or animated SVGs.

Community-Driven

Join our community in creating every Japanese glyph for the first time.