An apparatus and method for generating font by means of METAFONT by using outline font are disclosed. The disclosed method for creating a Metafont font may be performed at an apparatus that includes a processor, where the method may include: (a) creating an intermediate code by adding an attribute for Metafont to a code of an outline font written in XML; and (b) creating the Metafont font by using information of points obtained by parsing the intermediate code.