Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO)

library 5.0.0 ·python

✓ verified May 1, 2026

AFDKO is Adobe's font development toolkit for building and manipulating OpenType font files. It provides command-line tools and a Python API for tasks such as compiling OpenType feature code (feaLib), merging fonts, and validating fonts. The current version is 5.0.0, requiring Python >=3.10. Releases follow Adobe's internal schedule; check GitHub for latest.

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API endpoints

full doc /v1/registry/afdko

install /v1/registry/afdko/install