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NAME

       ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

SYNOPSIS

       ttfdump [-h] [-t tablename] [-g glyphnumber] [-c collection] [-o dumpfile] [-i] ttfile

DESCRIPTION

       ttfdump	dumps  the  contents  of  a  TrueType font file in ASCII form.	A TrueType font file is consist of various tables. Those table are
       divided into two categories - Required Tables and Optional Tables. Mulitiple TrueType fonts can be merged to a TrueType Collection.

   Options
       -h     Print a help message on standard output and exit.

       -t tablename
	      If this option is specified then dump the table "tablename", otherwise dump every tables in ttfile.  Tablename can  be  one  of  the
	      following:

	      Required Tables

	      cmap   character to glyph mapping table

	      glyf   glyph data

	      head   font header

	      hhea   horizontal header

	      hmtx   horizontal metrics

	      loca   index to location

	      maxp   maximum profile

	      name   naming table

	      post   PostScript information

	      OS/2   OS/2 and windows specific metrics

	      Optional Tables

	      cvt    control value table

	      fpgm   font program; not implemented yet.

	      gasp   grid-fitting and scan conversion procedure (grayscale)

	      hdmx   horizontal device metrics

	      kern   kerning table

	      LTSH   Linear threshold table

	      prep   CVT program; not implemented yet

	      PCLT   PCL5 table

	      VDMX   Vertical Device Metrics table

	      vhea   vertical metrics header

	      vmtx   vertical metrics

	      Additional OpenType Tables

	      GPOS   glyph positioning table

	      GSUB   glyph substitution table

       -g glyphnumber
	      If this option is specified then dump the glyph with index glyphnumber, otherwise dump all glyphs in ttfile.

       -c collection
	      Select a TrueType font in a TrueType Collection.

       -o dumpfile
	      Output of the dump. If this option is not specified, dump to stdout.

       -i ttfile
	      TrueType font file to be dumped.

EXAMPLE

       To dump all information in the TrueType font file times.ttf:
	      ttfdump times.ttf

       To dump the required table cmap in the file:
	      ttfdump -t cmap times.ttf

       To dump a single glyph with index 50:
	      ttfdump -g 50 times.ttf

SEE ALSO

       TrueType 1.0 Font Files,  Technical Specification Revision 1.66 November 1995

NOTE

       Instruction disassembler in not implemented.

AUTHOR

       Li-Da Lho, ollie@ms1.hinet.net

ILX Project							 14 November 2011							TTFDUMP(1)