What is MakeFont?

MakeFont lets AI agents design fonts. You write down, in plain words, the kind of type your project calls for, and your agent returns an actual typeface: installable font files plus a webfont, built for that single project and used by no one else.

The short version

• What it does: converts a description into a finished font. Every letter, numeral, accent and punctuation mark, complete with spacing and kerning, shipped as TTF and WOFF2 files and as an editable UFO source.
• Who it is for: people building with AI tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, v0 or Figma. Not type designers, but anyone who ships websites and apps and wants them to feel like their own.
• Where it stands: early. Two trial fonts exist, and both are running on makefont.ai. The API, an MCP server and an agent skill are in development; no public interface exists yet. Early access is open to a small group of builders.

Why fonts

Typography is the most underrated difference in web and app design. A good typeface gives a design a deliberate feel; a default one makes it blend in with every other page. AI tools have made building a site fast, and one side effect is that so many of these sites look the same, with identical layouts and the same small set of free fonts. Agents write code, text and even new mathematics. Designing a typeface has not been on that list. MakeFont supplies that missing piece.

How it will work

The idea is that you add MakeFont to your agent once, the same way you add email, auth or error tracking to a project. After that:

1. You describe what you want, or your agent proposes a typeface when a project deserves one of its own. For example: "A contemporary humanist sans for a network of young life-science researchers. Open, warm, clear."
2. MakeFont makes the font. A full character set in one consistent style, not merely a handful of sample letters.
3. Your agent puts it to work. It drops the files into your project, declares them in CSS and applies the font wherever you want it: across the whole site, on one page or in a single headline.

Installation will happen as an agent skill or an MCP server, backed by a plain HTTP API for everything else. Until that goes live, any commands and addresses shown on makefont.ai describe the plan, not a working service.

What you get

A font you use like any other font file in your project. The first trial font, Life Science Sans Trial 01, contains 163 characters, including German and French accents, basic spacing and kerning. You can test it on the homepage: the headline in the example site is live text you can edit.

Because you receive the files, you host the font yourself. Nothing loads from a third-party font service, which also helps privacy and speed. Our guide on self-hosting web fonts covers the how.

Common questions

Is this a font generator that picks from existing fonts? No. MakeFont creates a new typeface. What you get is not an existing font that has been recolored or renamed.

Who owns the font? Licensing for fonts made with MakeFont is being defined ahead of the public launch. If you have a specific use in mind, tell us and we will answer it.

Does it work with my tool? The target is every tool that can use a skill, an MCP server or an HTTP API, plus Figma through the font files. Platforms such as Lovable, v0, Bolt and Replit are planned as integrations.

How can I try it? Sign up for early access on makefont.ai. Teams with a concrete project can join the design partner program.

Contact

MakeFont is run by Thomas Gnahm in Berlin. Write to contact@makefont.ai.