FTMULTI(1)

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version 2.15.0 · 9 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the FTMULTI(1) page from the General Commands Manual. The star of the show is ftmulti — the multiple masters font viewer. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ftmulti [options] [pt] font ...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ftmulti is your interactive viewer for variation fonts — Multiple Masters, GX, OpenType, the whole iconic lineup. 👑

Its main character purpose? Interactively manipulate variation axes and scroll through named instances. It can also display static fonts, so yes, it’s versatile like that. 🦋

  • pt — the point size for the given resolution. If resolution is 72dpi, this directly gives the ppem value (pixels per EM). no cap.
  • font — the font file(s) to display.

This program is part of the FreeType demos package. 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -d WxH — sets the window width to W px and the height to H px. Default: 640 x 480. window size slay.
  • -r r — use resolution r dpi. Default: 72 dpi.
  • -f index — specify the first glyph index to display. literally pick where the glyph parade starts.
  • -e encoding — specify the encoding tag. Default: no encoding. Common values: unic (Unicode), symb (symbol), ADOB (Adobe standard), ADBC (Adobe custom), or a numeric charmap index.
  • -m text — use text for rendering.
  • -a axis1,axis2,... — specify the design coordinates for each variation axis at startup.
  • -v — show version.

mwah 💋 — source/version tea: FreeType 2.15.0, October 2026. FTMULTI(1) out. 🎀

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