usage: fontmake [-h] [--version] [-g GLYPHS | -u UFO [UFO ...] | -m DESIGNSPACE]
[--glyph-data GLYPHDATA] [-o FORMAT [FORMAT ...]] [--output-path OUTPUT_PATH |
--output-dir OUTPUT_DIR] [-i [INSTANCE_NAME]]
[--variable-fonts [VARIABLE_FONT_FILENAME]] [-M] [--family-name FAMILY_NAME]
[--round-instances] [--designspace-path DESIGNSPACE_PATH]
[--master-dir MASTER_DIR] [--instance-dir INSTANCE_DIR]
[--no-write-skipexportglyphs] [--validate-ufo] [--check-compatibility |
--no-check-compatibility] [--expand-features-to-instances]
[--fea-include-dir FEA_INCLUDE_DIR] [--no-generate-GDEF] [--save-ufo-as-zip |
--ufo-structure {package,zip,json}] [--indent-json] [--keep-overlaps]
[--overlaps-backend BACKEND] [--keep-direction]
[--ttf-curves {cu2qu,mixed,keep-quad,keep-cubic}] [-e ERROR] [-f] [-a [AUTOHINT]]
[-A] [--cff-round-tolerance FLOAT] [--optimize-cff OPTIMIZE_CFF]
[--subroutinizer {compreffor,cffsubr}] [--no-optimize-gvar] [--filter CLASS]
[--no-auto-use-my-metrics] [--auto-use-my-metrics] [--drop-implied-oncurves]
[--interpolate-binary-layout [MASTER_DIR]] [--feature-writer CLASS]
[--debug-feature-file FILE] [--no-variable-features] [--mti-source MTI_SOURCE]
[--production-names | --no-production-names] [--subset | --no-subset] [-s | -S]
[--timing] [--verbose LEVEL]
[INPUTS ...]
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
--production-names Rename glyphs with production names if available otherwise use uninames.
--no-production-names
--subset Subset font using export flags set by glyphsLib
--no-subset
-s, --subroutinize Optimize CFF table using compreffor (default) [DEPRECATED: use --optimize-
cff option instead]
-S, --no-subroutinize
Input arguments (flags):
The following arguments are mutually exclusive (pick only one):
-g, --glyphs-path GLYPHS
Path to .glyphs source file
-u, --ufo-paths UFO [UFO ...]
One or more paths to UFO files
-m, --mm-designspace DESIGNSPACE
Path to .designspace file
Input arguments (positonal):
Alternatively, guess source format from filename extension
INPUTS Either one *.designspace or *.glyphs file, or one or more *.ufo
Other input arguments:
--glyph-data GLYPHDATA
Custom GlyphData XML file with glyph info (production name, script,
category, subCategory, etc.). Can be used more than once (for Glyphs
sources only).
Output arguments:
-o, --output FORMAT [FORMAT ...]
Output font formats. Choose 1 or more from: ufo, otf, otf-cff2, ttf, ttf-
interpolatable, otf-interpolatable, variable, variable-cff2. Default: otf,
ttf. (No file paths).
--output-path OUTPUT_PATH
Output font file path. Only valid when the output is a single file (e.g.
input is a single UFO or output is a single variable font)
--output-dir OUTPUT_DIR
Output folder. By default, output folders are created in the current
working directory, grouping output fonts by format.
-i, --interpolate [INSTANCE_NAME]
Interpolate masters and generate all the instances defined. To only
interpolate a specific instance (or instances) that match a given "name"
attribute, you can pass as argument the full instance name or a regular
expression. E.g.: -i "Noto Sans Bold"; or -i ".* UI Condensed". (for
Glyphs or DesignSpace sources only).
--variable-fonts [VARIABLE_FONT_FILENAME]
Filter the list of variable fonts produced from the input Designspace
file. By default all listed variable fonts are generated. To generate a
specific variable font (or variable fonts) that match a given "filename"
attribute, you can pass as argument the full filename or a regular
expression. E.g.: --variable-fonts "MyFontVF_WeightOnly.ttf"; or
--variable-fonts "MyFontVFItalic_.*.ttf".
-M, --masters-as-instances
Output masters as instances
--family-name FAMILY_NAME
Family name to use for masters, and to filter output instances
--round-instances Apply integer rounding to all geometry when interpolating
--designspace-path DESIGNSPACE_PATH
Path to output designspace file (for Glyphs sources only).
--master-dir MASTER_DIR
Directory where to write master UFO. Default: "./master_ufo". If value is
"{tmp}", a temporary directory is created and removed at the end (for
Glyphs sources only).
--instance-dir INSTANCE_DIR
Directory where to write instance UFOs. Default: "./instance_ufo". If
value is "{tmp}", a temporary directory is created and removed at the end
(for Glyphs sources only).
--no-write-skipexportglyphs
Do not store the glyph export flags in the 'public.skipExportGlyphs' key
of designspace/UFO lib, but use the old private glyph lib key
'com.schriftgestaltung.Glyphs.Export' (for Glyphs sources only).
--validate-ufo Enable ufoLib validation on reading/writing UFO files. It is disabled by
default
--check-compatibility
Check if the source files are interpolatable. It is disabled by default,
but enabled when building variable fonts or what the 'Enforce
Compatibility Check' custom parameter is set on a Glyphs file
--no-check-compatibility
Turns off the compatibility checker even when building variable fonts
--expand-features-to-instances
Resolves all include()s in the master feature file and writes the full
feature file to all instance UFOs. Only valid when interpolating. Use if
you share feature files of masters in external files, as instances can end
up elsewhere.
--fea-include-dir FEA_INCLUDE_DIR
Overrides the default directory where to search for included feature files
with relative paths. This only works when the input is a Designspace or
UFOs, not from Glyphs at the moment.
--no-generate-GDEF Do not auto-generate a GDEF table, but keep an existing one intact.
--save-ufo-as-zip Deprecated. Use --ufo-structure=zip instead.
--ufo-structure {package,zip,json}
Select UFO format structure. Choose between: package, zip, json (default:
package). NOTE: json export is unofficial/experimental.
--indent-json Whether to format the JSON files created with --ufo-structure=json as
multiple lines with 2-space indentation. Default: single line, no indent.
Handling of contours:
--keep-overlaps Do not remove any overlap.
--overlaps-backend BACKEND
Select library to remove overlaps. Choose between: booleanOperations,
pathops (default: booleanOperations)
--keep-direction Do not reverse contour direction when output is ttf or ttf-interpolatable
--ttf-curves {cu2qu,mixed,keep-quad,keep-cubic}
Controls conversion of cubic Bézier curves to TrueType quadratic splines.
By default ('cu2qu'), all cubics are converted to quadratic (glyf v0).
With 'mixed', cubics are converted to quadratic only when more economical.
If 'keep-quad' or 'keep-cubic', cu2qu is skipped altogether and curves are
compiled unchanged. NOTE: cubics in TTF use glyf v1 which is still draft!
-e, --conversion-error ERROR
Maximum approximation error for cubic to quadratic conversion measured in
EM
-f, --flatten-components
Flatten nested components to single level.
-a, --autohint [AUTOHINT]
Run ttfautohint. Can provide arguments, quoted. By default, ttfautohint is
run if the (.glyphs) source contains a 'TTFAutohint options' instance
custom parameter. This option overrides that. See --no-autohint to
disable.
-A, --no-autohint Do not run ttfautohint, even if source contains a 'TTFAutohint options'
custom parameter
--cff-round-tolerance FLOAT
Restrict rounding of point coordinates in CFF table to only those floats
whose absolute difference from their integral part is less than or equal
to the tolerance. By default, all floats are rounded to integer (tolerance
0.5); 0 disables rounding.
--optimize-cff OPTIMIZE_CFF
0 disables all optimizations; 1 specializes the CFF charstring operators;
2 (default) also enables subroutinization
--subroutinizer {compreffor,cffsubr}
name of the library to use for compressing CFF charstrings. Choose
between: compreffor, cffsubr. By default compreffor is used for CFF 1, and
cffsubr for CFF2. NOTE: compreffor doesn't support CFF2.
--no-optimize-gvar Do not perform IUP optimization on variable font's 'gvar' table. (only
works with 'variable' TrueType-flavored output)
--filter CLASS string specifying a filter class to load, either built-in or from an
external module, optionally initialized with the given keyword arguments.
The class and module names are separated by '::'. The option can be
repeated multiple times for each filter class. The option overrides the
filters specified in the UFO lib. You can use an ellipsis --filter='...'
to keep the latter and insert additional --filter(s), either before or
after it.
--no-auto-use-my-metrics
--auto-use-my-metrics
Automatically set (or not) USE_MY_METRICS glyf component flags (0x0200).
By default, fontmake only enables this for static fonts, though it can
also be enabled for variable fonts. This is not needed unless the font is
going to have hinted horizontal glyph metrics.
--drop-implied-oncurves
drop on-curve points that can be implied when exactly in the middle of two
off-curve points (TrueType only; default: False).
Handling of OpenType Layout:
--interpolate-binary-layout [MASTER_DIR]
Interpolate layout tables from compiled master binaries. Requires Glyphs
or DesignSpace source.
--feature-writer CLASS
string specifying a feature writer class to load, either built-in or from
an external module, optionally initialized with the given keyword
arguments. The class and module names are separated by '::'. The option
can be repeated multiple times for each writer class. A special value of
'None' will disable all automatic feature generation. The option overrides
both the default ufo2ft writers and those specified in the UFO lib. You
can use ellipsis --feature-writer='...' to keep the latter and insert
additional --feature-writer(s) either before or after those.
--debug-feature-file FILE
Path were to dump OpenType features text to debug auto-generated features
(kern, mark, mkmk, etc.).
--no-variable-features
Disable generation of variable FEA in ufo2ft when compiling VFs; instead
build separate OT layout tables for each master and merge them with
varLib.
--mti-source MTI_SOURCE
mtiLib feature definition .plist file path (use instead of FEA)
Logging arguments:
--timing Print the elapsed time for each steps
--verbose LEVEL Configure the logger verbosity level. Choose between: DEBUG, INFO,
WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL. Default: INFO
Options (54)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-h, --help | show this help message and exit | help |
--version | show program's version number and exit | help |
--production-names | Rename glyphs with production names if available otherwise use uninames. | help |
--no-production-names | | help |
--subset | Subset font using export flags set by glyphsLib | help |
--no-subset | | help |
-s, --subroutinize | Optimize CFF table using compreffor (default) [DEPRECATED: use --optimize- cff option instead] | help |
-S, --no-subroutinize | | help |
-g, --glyphs-path GLYPHS | Path to .glyphs source file | help |
-m, --mm-designspace DESIGNSPACE | Path to .designspace file | help |
--glyph-data GLYPHDATA | Custom GlyphData XML file with glyph info (production name, script, category, subCategory, etc.). | help |
--output-path OUTPUT_PATH | Output font file path. | help |
--output-dir OUTPUT_DIR | Output folder. | help |
-i, --interpolate INSTANCE_NAME | Interpolate masters and generate all the instances defined. | help |
--variable-fonts VARIABLE_FONT_FILENAME | Filter the list of variable fonts produced from the input Designspace file. | help |
-M, --masters-as-instances | Output masters as instances | help |
--family-name FAMILY_NAME | Family name to use for masters, and to filter output instances | help |
--round-instances | Apply integer rounding to all geometry when interpolating | help |
--designspace-path DESIGNSPACE_PATH | Path to output designspace file (for Glyphs sources only). | help |
--master-dir MASTER_DIR | Directory where to write master UFO. | help |
--instance-dir INSTANCE_DIR | Directory where to write instance UFOs. | help |
--no-write-skipexportglyphs | Do not store the glyph export flags in the 'public.skipExportGlyphs' key of designspace/UFO lib, but use the old private glyph lib key 'com.schriftgestaltung.Glyphs.Export' (for Glyphs sources only). | help |
--validate-ufo | Enable ufoLib validation on reading/writing UFO files. | help |
--check-compatibility | Check if the source files are interpolatable. | help |
--no-check-compatibility | Turns off the compatibility checker even when building variable fonts | help |
--expand-features-to-instances | Resolves all include()s in the master feature file and writes the full feature file to all instance UFOs. | help |
--fea-include-dir FEA_INCLUDE_DIR | Overrides the default directory where to search for included feature files with relative paths. | help |
--no-generate-GDEF | Do not auto-generate a GDEF table, but keep an existing one intact. | help |
--save-ufo-as-zip | Deprecated. | help |
--ufo-structure package | Select UFO format structure. | help |
--indent-json | Whether to format the JSON files created with --ufo-structure=json as multiple lines with 2-space indentation. | help |
--keep-overlaps | Do not remove any overlap. | help |
--overlaps-backend BACKEND | Select library to remove overlaps. | help |
--keep-direction | Do not reverse contour direction when output is ttf or ttf-interpolatable | help |
--ttf-curves cu2qu | Controls conversion of cubic Bézier curves to TrueType quadratic splines. | help |
-e, --conversion-error ERROR | Maximum approximation error for cubic to quadratic conversion measured in EM | help |
-f, --flatten-components | Flatten nested components to single level. | help |
-a, --autohint AUTOHINT | Run ttfautohint. | help |
-A, --no-autohint | Do not run ttfautohint, even if source contains a 'TTFAutohint options' custom parameter | help |
--cff-round-tolerance FLOAT | Restrict rounding of point coordinates in CFF table to only those floats whose absolute difference from their integral part is less than or equal to the tolerance. | help |
--optimize-cff OPTIMIZE_CFF | 0 disables all optimizations; | help |
--subroutinizer compreffor | name of the library to use for compressing CFF charstrings. | help |
--no-optimize-gvar | Do not perform IUP optimization on variable font's 'gvar' table. | help |
--filter CLASS | string specifying a filter class to load, either built-in or from an external module, optionally initialized with the given keyword arguments. | help |
--no-auto-use-my-metrics | | help |
--auto-use-my-metrics | Automatically set (or not) USE_MY_METRICS glyf component flags (0x0200). | help |
--drop-implied-oncurves | drop on-curve points that can be implied when exactly in the middle of two off-curve points (TrueType only; | help |
--interpolate-binary-layout MASTER_DIR | Interpolate layout tables from compiled master binaries. | help |
--feature-writer CLASS | string specifying a feature writer class to load, either built-in or from an external module, optionally initialized with the given keyword arguments. | help |
--debug-feature-file FILE | Path were to dump OpenType features text to debug auto-generated features (kern, mark, mkmk, etc.). | help |
--no-variable-features | Disable generation of variable FEA in ufo2ft when compiling VFs; | help |
--mti-source MTI_SOURCE | mtiLib feature definition .plist file path (use instead of FEA) | help |
--timing | Print the elapsed time for each steps | help |
--verbose LEVEL | Configure the logger verbosity level. | help |
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