%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ FontForge The FontForge package contains an outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. &lfs76_checked; Package Information The download link below obtains fontforge-&fontforge-date;-Unix-Source.tar.gz. This is not the correct name for the archive, because it saves the file as fontforge-&fontforge-version;. The file should be renamed to the correct filename fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.gz. You can achieve this automatically by using the command: wget -c \ -O fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.gz Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &fontforge-md5sum; Download size: &fontforge-size; Estimated disk space required: &fontforge-buildsize; Estimated build time: &fontforge-time; FontForge Dependencies Recommended , , , , and Optional , , , , , , libspiro, libunicodenames, libuninameslist, and libzmq, User Notes: Install FontForge by running the following commands: ./bootstrap --force && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-gtk2-use \ --disable-static \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install ./bootstrap --force: The force switch prevents the bootstrap command from failing if a recent version of libtool has been installed. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so, libgdraw.so, libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so, libgutils.so, and /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so /usr/include/fontforge, /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; and /usr/share/fontforge Short Descriptions fontforge is a program that allows you to create and modify font files. fontforge fontimage is a program that produces an image showing representative glyphs of the font. fontimage fontlint is a program that checks the font for certain common errors. fontlint sfddiff is a program that compares two font files. sfddiff