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fontools

Tools to simplify using fonts (especially TT/OTF ones).

This package provides a few tools to ease using fonts (especially Truetype/Opentype ones) with Latex and fontinst:

AFM2AFM – reencode .afm files; designed to replace fontinst's \reencodefont for big .afm files.
AUTOINST – simplify the use of the LCDF TypeTools by creating a command file for otftotfm, plus .fd and .sty files.
CMAP2ENC – convert glyph indices in TrueType fonts without glyph names (such as Linotype Palatino) to Adobe glyph names.
FONT2AFM – create font metrics; this is just a wrapper script around tools such as pf2afm, ttf2afm, pfm2kpx and ot2kpx.
OT2KPX – extract all kerning pairs from an OpenType font.
PFM2KPX – extract all kerning pairs from buggy .pfm files (the ones where pf2afm complains ".notdef character occurred among kern pairs").
SHOWGLYPHS – create a pdf file that shows all glyphs in a font.

Please see the documentation of the individual programs for further information.

The author is Marc Penninga. The package is Copyright © 2005 Marc Penninga.

License: gpl Catalogued: 2005-08-15

- Visit
  - Visit a nearby CTAN:/fonts/utilities/fontools. If this fails, try Cambridge.
  - Visit Cambridge:/fonts/utilities/fontools
- Download
  - Download from a nearby CTAN (automatically identified).
  - Download from Cambridge.
- Documentation
  - Read documentation for this package from: README.
  - Read documentation for this package from: afm2afm.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: autoinst.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: cmap2enc.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: font2afm.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: ot2kpx.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: pfm2kpx.pdf.
  - Read documentation for this package from: showglyphs.pdf.