FontForge-20161004
Introduction to FontForge
The FontForge package contains an
outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript,
truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap
(bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0
platform.
Package Information
FontForge Dependencies
Required
FreeType-2.7.1, GLib-2.50.3, and
libxml2-2.9.4
Recommended
Cairo-1.14.8, GTK+-2.24.31, HarfBuzz-1.4.2, Pango-1.40.3 (required
if Xorg libraries are present) desktop-file-utils-0.23, shared-mime-info-1.8, and Xorg
Libraries
Optional
giflib-5.1.4, libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1, libpng-1.6.28, LibTIFF-4.0.7,
Python-2.7.13, Wget-1.19.1 (needed
for tests), IPython, libspiro, libunicodenames,
libuninameslist,
and zeromq
(libzmq)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/fontforge
Installation of FontForge
Install FontForge by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-gtk2-use \
--disable-static \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-20161004 &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check. This will download two ttf files.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
--enable-gtk2-use: uses the
GTK+2 graphics instead of basic Xorg graphics.
--disable-static: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--enable-debug: Turn on debug build and FONTFORGE_DEBUG
conditional code. Requires libspiro.
Contents
Installed Programs:
fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and
sfddiff
Installed Libraries:
libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so,
libgdraw.so, libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so, libgutils.so, and
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/{include,share}/fontforge and
/usr/share/doc/fontforge-20161004
Short Descriptions
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fontforge
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is a program that allows you to create and modify font
files.
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fontimage
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is a program that produces an image showing
representative glyphs of the font.
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fontlint
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is a program that checks the font for certain common
errors.
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sfddiff
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is a program that compares two font files.
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Last updated on 2017-02-22 11:24:59 -0800