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Utilities for manipulating OpenType, PostScript Type 1, and Multiple Master fonts.
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Utilities for manipulating OpenType, PostScript Type 1, and Multiple Master fonts.

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LCDF Typetools

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LCDF Typetools comprises several programs for manipulating PostScript

Type 1, Type 1 Multiple Master, OpenType, and TrueType fonts.



**cfftot1** translates a Compact Font Format (CFF) font, or a

PostScript-flavored OpenType font, into PostScript Type 1 format. It

correctly handles subroutines and hints.



**mmafm** creates an AFM file (font metrics) corresponding to an instance of

a Type 1 Multiple Master font. It reads the AMFM and AFM files distributed

with the font.



**mmpfb** creates a normal, single-master font program which looks like an

instance of a Type 1 Multiple Master font. It reads the multiple master font

program in PFA or PFB format.



**otfinfo** reports information about OpenType and TrueType fonts, such as

the OpenType features and Unicode code points they support, or the contents

of their `size` optical size features.



**otftotfm** creates TeX font metrics and encodings that correspond to an

OpenType or TrueType font. It interprets glyph positionings, substitutions,

and ligatures as far as it is able. You can say which OpenType features

should be activated.



**t1dotlessj** reads a Type 1 font, then creates a new Type 1 font whose

only character is a dotless lower-case j matching the input font’s design.



**t1lint** checks Type 1 fonts for correctness. It tests most of the

requirements listed in Adobe Systems’ Black Book (“Adobe Type 1 Font

Format”), and some others.



**t1rawafm** creates an AFM font metrics file corresponding to a raw Type 1

font file (in PFA or PFB format).



**t1reencode** reencodes a Type 1 font, replacing its internal encoding with

one you specify.



**t1testpage** creates PostScript test pages for a given Type 1 font. These

pages show every character defined in the font.



**ttftotype42** creates a Type 42 wrapper for a TrueType or

TrueType-flavored OpenType font. This allows the font to be embedded in a

PostScript file.



Each of these programs has a manual page; `man PROGRAMNAME/PROGRAMNAME.1`

for more information.



See `NEWS` in this directory for changes in recent versions. The LCDF

Typetools home page is:



http://www.lcdf.org/type/



Installation

------------



Type `./configure`, then `make`.



If `./configure` does not exist (you downloaded from Github), run

`./bootstrap.sh` first.



`./configure` accepts the usual options; see `INSTALL` for details.

Some of the typetools programs can link with additional libraries. Otftotfm

can use the Kpathsea library for integration with TeX directories; if your

version of this library is in a nonstandard place, supply `./configure` with

the `--with-kpathsea=PREFIX` option to find it.



You can also disable individual programs by supplying `./configure` with

`--disable-PROGNAME` options.  See `./configure --help` for more

information.



Mmafm and mmpfb

---------------



Run `mmafm --help` and `mmpfb --help` for a full option summary. Here are

two example runs:



    % mmafm MyriadMM.amfm --weight=300 --width=585 > MyriadMM_300_585_.afm

    % mmpfb MyriadMM.pfb --weight=300 --width=585 > MyriadMM_300_585_.pfb



Mmafm expects the name of an AMFM file on the command line. It also needs

an AFM file for each master (these should have been distributed with the

AMFM file). You can give the AFM files’ names on the command line, along

with the AMFM file, or you let mmafm find the AFM files automatically. For

the automatic method, you must follow one of these 2 conventions:



1. The AFM files are in the same directory as the AMFM file. They are

named `FONTNAME.afm` -- `MyriadMM-LightCn.afm`, for example.



2. There is a `PSres.upr` file that lists the AFMs by font name, and the

`PSRESOURCEPATH` environment variable contains the directory with that

`PSres.upr` file. (`ps2pk` comes with a sample `PSres.upr` file.)



Copyright and license

---------------------



All source code is Copyright (c) 1997-2023 Eddie Kohler.



This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2

(and only Version 2). The GNU General Public License is available via the

Web at , or in the COPYING file in

this directory.



Author

------



Eddie Kohler , http://www.lcdf.org/



The current version of the lcdf-typetools package is available on the Web at

http://www.lcdf.org/type/



LCDF stands for Little Cambridgeport Design Factory.