SFDMELD(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SFDMELD(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sfdmeld - merges sfd files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  sfdmeld [-a ap.xml] [-p] structure.sfd design.sfd output.sfd
```

Merges two FontForge font files such that the lookups and behaviour in the second (design) file is overridden by that in the first file. So for example, which attachment points a glyph has are governed by the structure file but their positions are taken from the design file. Lookups are taken from the structure file.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

```
  -a file.xml   Optional AP database to merge APs from
  -h            print manpage
  -p            Take attachment point positions from the structure file
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

ttfbuilder, sfd2ap

# [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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