FTDIFF(1)

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💅 FTDIFF(1) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to FTDIFF(1) from the General Commands Manual — yes, manual name is right there, and this is ftdiff, the font-hinting comparison icon. She compares font hinting modes and she is literally serving three-column font lab realness. 🦋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ftdiff - compare font hinting modes. periodt. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ftdiff [options] font ...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

ftdiff displays text in three columns, using the font or fonts given on the command line, and applies different FreeType hinting modes to each column. it’s giving hinting side-by-side, no cap. 👑

  • font — the font file(s) to display. For Type 1 font files, ftdiff also tries to attach the corresponding metrics file (with extension .afm or .pfm). iykyk. 🎀

This program is part of the FreeType demos package. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -d WxH — set the window width to W px, the height to H px (default: 640 x 480). window-size slay. 🪟
  • -r r — use resolution r dpi (default: 72dpi). resolution moment. 🔍
  • -s s — set character size to s points (default: 16pt). big-text energy, or tiny-text energy, your call. 🔥
  • -f textfile — change displayed text, using text in textfile (in UTF-8 encoding). feed her a file, bestie. 📄
  • -v — show version. simple, iconic, does exactly what it says. ⭐

💖 that’s the whole page, bestie: FreeType 2.15.0, October 2026, FTDIFF(1) — mwah! 💖

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