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There may be thousands of fonts available online, but for those who live to create their own, fresh content—that’s sometimes not enough.

Luckily, help is now at hand in the form of a do-it-yourself font-building tool from digital type retailer FontShop.

FontStruct, which was opened to the public in April, is a free, online tool that lets users quickly and easily create fonts by arranging geometrical shapes in a grid pattern, much like tiles or bricks.

Working one letter at a time, users add and remove shapes including blocks and dots to achieve a look they like.

Once they’re done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.

Users can keep their “FontStructions” private, or they can share them with the FontStruct community for discussion, rating and downloading.

They can also display them on other websites or blogs through the FontStruct widget.

Several Creative Commons license options are available to allow varying degrees of sharing. =D

Make sure you notify me of your new font!

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