FTDUMP(1)

πŸ’… FTDUMP(1) β€” like, the font dumper bestie πŸ’–

okay so this is the manual page for ftdump from the General Commands Manual section β€” yes it's a real one, and yes it's lowkey iconic πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

ftdump β€” a simple font dumper πŸ¦‹ that's literally exactly what it says on the tin


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ftdump [options] fontname

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

So ftdump lists information about a font file that is relevant for FreeType. That's it, that's the whole vibe πŸ’…

This program is part of the FreeType demos package. slay πŸ’–


⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -c, -C β€” Print charmap coverage πŸ‘‘ (yes both of them, they're a matching set)
  • -n β€” Print SFNT name tables πŸŽ€
  • -p β€” Print TrueType programs πŸ”₯
  • -t β€” Print SFNT table list 🌈
  • -u β€” Emit UTF-8 ✨
  • -v β€” Show version πŸ¦‹

ngl bestie, that's the whole options list β€” no secret extra flags hiding in the back, fr fr πŸ’€

the cute little sign-off 🫢

this page is from FreeType 2.15.0, dated October 2026 β€” so like, future vibes but make it font-nerd chic πŸ’œ thanks for reading bestie, go dump some fonts 😭🌸

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