Image::ExifTool::Font(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Font(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::Font - Read meta information from font files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains the routines required by Image::ExifTool to read meta information from various format font files. Currently recognized font file types are OTF, TTF, TTC, DFONT, PFA, PFB, PFM, AFM, ACFM, AMFM, WOFF and WOFF2.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://developer.apple.com/textfonts/TTRefMan/RM06/Chap6.html>

<http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm>

<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/opentype/index\_font\_file.html>

<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/font/5178.PFM.pdf>

<http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/util/MimeMappings.java>

<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/pdfs/5004.AFM\_Spec.pdf>

<https://www.w3.org/TR/WOFF/>

<https://www.w3.org/TR/WOFF2/>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"Font Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-07-15 perl v5.42.2

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Document: Image::ExifTool::Font(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool