https://github.com/robotools/extractor

Tools for extracting data from font binaries into UFO objects.
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Tools for extracting data from font binaries into UFO objects.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robotools/extractor
• Owner: robotools
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-07-18T14:51:10.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-25T03:50:18.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T10:39:21.774Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 3.5 MB
• Stars: 51
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 7
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  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: License.txt

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UFO Extractor

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Tools for extracting data from font binaries into UFO objects.

Supported input formats

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

The following font formats are supported:

-  CFF or TrueType-flavored OpenType fonts (``*.otf``, ``*.ttf``)

-  `FontTools `__ TTX files

   (``*.ttx``)

-  WOFF 1.0/2.0 (``*.woff``, ``*.woff2``)

-  PostScript Type1 fonts (``*.pfa``, ``*.pfb``, etc.)

-  FontLab files (``*.vfb``, when installed with optional dependency "vfb")

Note however, that what data will (or even could) be exported will depend on

input file format and the file itself.

Python module

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

The example below demonstrates how one can import data into

a `ufoLib2 `__

or `Defcon `__ ``Font`` instance:

.. code:: python

   >>> import extractor

   >>> from ufoLib2 import Font    # alternatively: from defcon import Font

   >>> ufo = Font()

   >>> extractor.extractUFO("/path/to/MyFont.ttf", ufo)

   >>> ufo.save("/path/to/MyFont.ufo")

Console script

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

A console script for one-off conversion is also provided

(note: see Installation below):

.. code::

   $ extractufo -h

   usage: extractufo [-h] [-m {ufoLib2,defcon}] [-z] FONT_FILE [FONT_FILE ...]

   Extract data from font binaries and build UFO objects from them.

   positional arguments:

     FONT_FILE             Input font path

   options:

     -h, --help            show this help message and exit

     -m {ufoLib2,defcon}, --ufo-module {ufoLib2,defcon}

                           Select the default library for writing UFOs (default: autodetect, prefer ufoLib2)

     -z, --zip             Output UFO ZIP

   Each resulting UFO will be saved as FONT_FILE.ufo(z) in the same directory as the original FONT_FILE.

   If destination file or directory already exists, conversion for that source file will be skipped and the application exit code will indicate an error.

Installation

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

You can install ``extractor`` with ``pip``:

.. code::

   $ pip install ufo-extractor

To install with support for extracting from vfb files:

.. code::

   $ pip install ufo-extractor[vfb]

If you want to use the console script and have neither `ufoLib2` nor `defcon`

installed (or aren't sure), running the following will install `ufoLib2` as well

to ensure that the script works:

.. code::

   $ pip install ufo-extractor[script]

The options may also be combined:

.. code::

   $ pip install ufo-extractor[vfb][script]

Note that, for historical reasons, the package is listed on the

`Python Package Index `__ under the name

``ufo-extractor``, to disambiguate it from another package also called "extractor".

However, the import name for the package remains ``extractor``, without prefix.

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