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/usr/bin/psfmakewoffmetadata

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 psfmakewoffmetadata --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: psfmakewoffmetadata [-h] -n PRIMARYNAME -i ORGID [-f FONTLOG] [-o OUTPUT]
                           [--populateufowoff] [-l LOG] [-p PARAMS] [-q]
                           font

Make the WOFF metadata xml file based on input UFO (and optionally FONTLOG.txt)

positional arguments:
  font                  Source font file

other arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n, --primaryname PRIMARYNAME
                        Primary Font Name
  -i, --orgid ORGID     orgId
  -f, --fontlog FONTLOG
                        FONTLOG.txt file
  -o, --output OUTPUT   Override output file
  --populateufowoff     Copy info from FONTLOG.txt to UFO
  -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#psfmakewoffmetadata

Version: 1.8.1.dev14
Copyright (c) 2014-2025, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org)
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-n, --primaryname PRIMARYNAMEPrimary Font Namehelp
-i, --orgid ORGIDorgIdhelp
-f, --fontlog FONTLOGFONTLOG.txt filehelp
-o, --output OUTPUTOverride output filehelp
--populateufowoffCopy info from FONTLOG.txt to UFOhelp
-l, --log LOGLog filehelp
-p, --params PARAMSOther parameters - see parameters.md for detailshelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode - only display severe errorshelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.