%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. &lfs84_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 , , , , , (needed for tests), IPython, libspiro, libunicodenames, libuninameslist, and zeromq (libzmq) User Notes: Install FontForge by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-gtk2-use \ --disable-static \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; && make To test the results, issue: make check. This will download one font file. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-gtk2-use: uses the GTK+2 graphics instead of basic Xorg graphics. --enable-debug: Turn on debug build and FONTFORGE_DEBUG conditional code. Requires libspiro. 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,share}/fontforge and /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; 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