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/usr/bin/psfgetglyphnames

SIL Global's Python font utilities (psf* command-line tools for UFO, TTF and OpenType feature workflows)

From pysilfont 1.8.0_git20260910-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running psfgetglyphnames --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: psfgetglyphnames [-h] [-i INPUT] [-a AGLFN] [-u] [-l LOG] [-p PARAMS] [-q] ifont glyphs

Create a list of glyphs to import from a list of characters.

positional arguments:
  ifont                Font file to copy from
  glyphs               List of glyphs for psfcopyglyphs

other arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -i, --input INPUT    List of characters to import
  -a, --aglfn AGLFN    AGLFN list
  -u, --uni            Generate uni or u glyph names if not in AGLFN
  -l, --log LOG        Log file
  -p, --params PARAMS  Other parameters - see parameters.md for details
  -q, --quiet          Quiet mode - only display severe errors

For more help options use -h ?.  For more documentation see https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont/blob/master/docs/scripts.md#psfgetglyphnames

Version: 1.8.1.dev14
Copyright (c) 2014-2025, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org)
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-i, --input INPUTList of characters to importhelp
-a, --aglfn AGLFNAGLFN listhelp
-u, --uniGenerate uni or u glyph names if not in AGLFNhelp
-l, --log LOGLog filehelp
-p, --params PARAMSOther parameters - see parameters.md for detailshelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode - only display severe errorshelp

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