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PROGRAM:
NAME
fontforge - create and modify PostScript, TrueType and SVG fonts
SYNOPSIS
fontforge [-c string] [-cmap maptype] [-depth pixeld] [-display str] [-lang=ff] [-lang=py]
[-last] [-library-status] [-help] [-keyboard ktype] [-new] [-nosplash] [-recover mode]
[-script file] [-sync] [-usage] [-vc vclass] [-version] fontfile ...
DESCRIPTION
The program fontforge allows you to create and modify font files, accepting input in the
following formats (with associated file extensions appearing in parentheses):
Glyph Bitmap Distribution (.bdf)
Macintosh resource fonts (.dfont, .bin, .hqx)
OpenType (.otf)
fontforge spline font database (.sfd)
POSTSCRIPT, which includes:
ASCII format (.pfa)
Binary format (.pfb)
CID-keyed fonts, Adobe convention used primarily for Asian characters (.cid, .otf)
POSTSCRIPT Type 0 (.ps)
POSTSCRIPT Type 3 (.ps)
Scaleable vector graphics fonts (.svg)
TeX bitmap (.pk)
TrueType (.ttf, .ttc)
X11 bitmap (.pcf)
If the argument list contains a font file name (or several), fontforge opens a fontview
window for each font displaying the characters of the that font. In the absence of
options or arguments, the program opens a file-picker window, allowing you to browse your
disk to find a font file, or create a new one.
This manual page is intended only as a rudimentary overview; see the HTML Users Manual for
more complete information.
OPTIONS
-c string
Must be the first argument. Executes "string" as a set of scripting commands. Any
additional arguments will be passed to the script.
-cmap maptype
Employ the specified method to control 8-bit colormaps, where maptype assumes one
of these three values:
current
Attempt to allocate colors in the current (shared) colormap. The program
will likely not find everything it requires.
copy Allocate what can be allocated, then copy the current colormap; it can thus
make use of cells other programs are using.
private
Create a new colormap and fill it with the required colors.
-depth pixeld
Attempt to employ a visual that matches the specified pixel depth, pixeld.
-display str
Employ the X display specified by the string str (for example: localhost:0).
-help Display the usage description and start a web client displaying the online
documentation.
-keyboard ktype
Alter the displayed menus to employ modifier keys appropriate to the specified
keyboard type, where ktype assumes one of the following four values:
ibm IBM PC type keyboard.
mac Apple Macintosh keyboard.
sun Sun workstation keyboard.
ppc Macintosh keyboard, but on a system running SuSe linux (the mappings differ
from those used under MacOS X).
-last Opens whatever font you last edited with fontforge. If you specify n -last
fontforge will open the last n fonts.
-lang=ff
Interpret the script with the fontforge interpreter.
-lang=py
Interpret the script with the python interpreter.
-library-status
Prints information about optional libraries.
-new Create a new font with the ISO 8859-1 encoding (the international encoding standard
for western Europe, and the standard for most X fonts).
-nosplash
Suppress display of the splash screen.
-recover mode
Control the crash recovery mechanism (helpful if crash recovery causes problems),
where mode takes on one of three allowed settings:
auto perform automatic recovery (default) if the program crashed before saving
changes.
clean Delete recovery information.
none Suppress crash recovery.
-script file
Execute the script named file. Does not open the X display. This must be the
first argument passed to fontforge. Any other arguments are handled by the
scriptfile itself. Any other command line arguments will be passed to the script.
The program contains a command interpreter which allows access to most but not all
of its interactive features. If a scriptfile is executable, and if its first line
contains the string "fontforge", then the argument -script may be omitted. This
means that fontforge can be used as an interpreter.
-sync Make X synchronous. Used primarily for debugging, this option slows X down.
-usage Display the usage description.
-vc vclass
Attempt to use a visual that matches the class, vclass, specified as either the
name of a visual class or an integer enumerating a visual class.
-version
Display the current version (a six digit string containing the date stamp of the
source files).
ENVIRONMENT
If any of the following environment variables exist, they are used:
BROWSER
Specifies the name of a browser program for examining documentation.
AUTOTRACE
Specifies the location of the autotrace program (usually FontForge can figure this
out without help, but not always).
MF Specifies the location of the metafont program.
FONTFORGE_VERBOSE
Turns on verbose mode in scripting. Each statement is printed as it is executed.
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