%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. &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked; Package Information 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 Required , , , and Recommended , , , (required if Xorg libraries are present), and Optional , , , , , IPython, libspiro, libunicodenames, libuninameslist, and zeromq (libzmq), User Notes: Install FontForge by running the following commands: rm -rf libltdl && rm m4/argz.m4 && ./bootstrap && ./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 Fontforge needs to be started from command line, for some desktop environments and window managers. rm -rf libltdl ... ./bootstrap: These commands work around the old version of libtool in the source, and the idiosyncracies of the bootstrap command, to allow it to build with current libtool where some files have been renamed. --enable-gtk2-use: allows to use the GTK+2 graphics instead of basic Xorg graphics. 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