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TTX and FontTools 2.1 (Default branch)
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TTFDUMP(1) General Commands Manual TTFDUMP(1) 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)