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/opt/chainguard/pysilfont/bin/psfcreateinstances

SIL Global's Python font utilities (psf* command-line tools for UFO, TTF and OpenType feature workflows)

From pysilfont 1.8.0_git20260910-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running psfcreateinstances --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: psfcreateinstances [-h] [-i INSTANCENAME] [-a INSTANCEATTR] [-v INSTANCEVAL] [-f]
                          [-o OUTPUT] [--forceInterpolation] [--roundInstances] [-l LOG] [-W]
                          [-p PARAMS] [-q]
                          designspace_path

Generate instance UFOs from a designspace document and master UFOs

positional arguments:
  designspace_path      Path to designspace document (or folder of them)

other arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --instanceName INSTANCENAME
                        Font name for instance to build
  -a, --instanceAttr INSTANCEATTR
                        Attribute used to specify instance to build
  -v, --instanceVal INSTANCEVAL
                        Value of attribute specifying instance to build
  -f, --folder          Build all designspace files in a folder
  -o, --output OUTPUT   Prepend path to all output paths
  --forceInterpolation  If an instance matches a master, calculate glyphs instead of copying them
  --roundInstances      Apply integer rounding to all geometry when interpolating
  -l, --log LOG         Log file (default: *_createinstances.log)
  -W, --weightfix       Enable RIBBI style weight fixing
  -p, --params PARAMS   Other parameters - see parameters.md for details
  -q, --quiet           Quiet mode - only display severe errors

For more help options use -h ?.  For more documentation see https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont/blob/master/docs/scripts.md#psfcreateinstances

Version: 1.8.1.dev14
Copyright (c) 2014-2025, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org)
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-i, --instanceName INSTANCENAMEFont name for instance to buildhelp
-a, --instanceAttr INSTANCEATTRAttribute used to specify instance to buildhelp
-v, --instanceVal INSTANCEVALValue of attribute specifying instance to buildhelp
-f, --folderBuild all designspace files in a folderhelp
-o, --output OUTPUTPrepend path to all output pathshelp
--forceInterpolationIf an instance matches a master, calculate glyphs instead of copying themhelp
--roundInstancesApply integer rounding to all geometry when interpolatinghelp
-l, --log LOGLog file (default: *_createinstances.log)help
-W, --weightfixEnable RIBBI style weight fixinghelp
-p, --params PARAMSOther parameters - see parameters.md for detailshelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode - only display severe errorshelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.