VOLT2AP(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation VOLT2AP(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

volt2ap - create attachment point database from VOLT source in a TrueType Font

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  volt2ap [-t voltdat.txt] infile.ttf > outfile.xml
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

```
  -t file  Volt source as text file to use instead of what is in the font
  -h       Help
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

volt2ap parses the volt source in a font to extract attachment point information which it prints to stdout in the form of an XML attachment point database. For more information on the file format see ttfbuilder

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

ttfbuilder, make\_volt

# [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: volt2ap(1) from perl-font-ttf-scripts 1.06-r0 (Chainguard OS)