SFD2AP(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SFD2AP(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sfd2ap - export anchor points from a FontForge file

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  sfd2ap infile.sfd [outfile.xml]
```

Reads a FontForge font file and extracts anchor point information into an XML anchor point database.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

```
  -h            print manpage
  -e X=Y,Z=W=A  equates attachment points
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

FontForge's has the concept of anchor points. This program extracts those and any glyph comments into an XML anchor point database. See ttfbuilder -h for documentation on this format.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

ttfbuilder, volt2ap

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Martin Hosken <http://scripts.sil.org/FontUtils>. (see CONTRIBUTORS for other authors).

# [LICENSING](#LICENSING)

Copyright (c) 1998-2016, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)

This script is released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.

2026-10-03 perl v5.44.0

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Document: sfd2ap(1) from perl-font-ttf-scripts 1.06-r0 (Chainguard OS)