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Package: fontforge (0.0.20090923-1)

font editor

Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1, some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2), CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts.

This package also provides these programs and utilities: 

 fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image;
 fontlint  - checks the font for certain common errors;
 sfddiff   - compare two font files.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: X Window System, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Interface Toolkit: X library, Purpose: Editing, Works with: Fonts, X Window System: Application

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  • dep: libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
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