Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?

Question

I used to work with Fontlab Studio to design and compile my fonts. Years have passed and my former Fontlab install vanished into the voids of a crashing harddisk.Now that I'm gaining interest in font-design again, I used and abused the usual search engines, but I have not managed to find any free or open-source software out there with alike functionality which Fontlab offers. Therefore I would love to know: "Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?" (Preferably, it should be able to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system.)

Answer 1

Some good free resources out there that you can use to make and customize your own fonts are FontStruct and MetaFlop. MetaFlop is better for editing existing fonts, whereas FontStruct enables you to build your own fonts from scratch. Both of these font editing platforms are completely online too!