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/usr/bin/fontimage

Free (libre) font editor

From fontforge 20251009-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running fontimage --help (exit 0). permalink

Copyright (c) 2000-2026. See AUTHORS for Contributors.
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 with many parts BSD <http://fontforge.org/license.html>. Please read LICENSE.
 Version: 20251009
 Based on sources from 2026-10-03 07:11 UTC-D.
 Based on source from git with hash: c41bdb922285f35defd1e1385adfd13bde1ab32a
fontimage: [--version] [--width num] [--height num] [--pixelsize num] [--fontname] [--text str] [-o outputfilename] fontfile
 Produces an image containing representative glyphs of the font
 --width num  Specifies the number of pixels wide to make the
    output image. If this is omitted (or specified as -1) then
    the image will be made as wide as it needs to be.
 --height num Specifies the number of pixels high to make the
    output image. If this is omitted (or specified as -1) then
    the image will be made as high as it needs to be.
 --fontname   Include the fontname as a line of text.
 --text str   Specifies a line of text to be printed on the image.
    This may be specified multiple times to get multiple lines.
    If this is omitted fontimage will chose a default set of strings
    based on what characters it thinks are likely to be interesting.
 --pixelsize num  Specifies the size at which the next piece(s) of
    text will be printed. This may also be specified multiple times.
 --o outputfilename  Specifies the name of the output image file.
    It must have an extension of either '.png' or '.bmp'.
    The image format will be determined by the extension.
    If omitted fontimage will choose a filename based on the font name.
    (png files are only supported if fontforge were compiled with png
     support and has access to a png library)
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
--width numSpecifies the number of pixels wide to make the output image.help + man
--fontnameInclude the fontname as a line of text.help
--text strSpecifies a line of text to be printed on the image.help + man
--pixelsize numSpecifies the size at which the next piece(s) of text will be printed.help + man
--o outputfilenameSpecifies the name of the output image file.help
--helpProvide a description with a list of the available options. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--height numSpecifies the height of the output image. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-o outfileSpecifies the output filename for the image. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--usageDisplay the usage description. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--versionDisplay the current version (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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