FTVIEW(1)

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version 2.15.0 · 9 versions
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okay so welcome to the FTVIEW(1) page from the General Commands Manual — it’s the ftview entry, and it’s giving “interactive glyph runway” energy 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ftview — simple glyph viewer 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, the shape is literally this:

ftview [options] [pt] font ...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

ftview displays all glyphs of a font, allowing changes of various rendering and hinting parameters interactively. 💅🔥

here’s what those synopsis cuties mean:

  • pt — The point size for the given resolution. If resolution is 72dpi, this directly gives the ppem value (pixels per EM). 🎯
  • font — The font file(s) to display. For Type 1 font files, ftview also tries to attach the corresponding metrics file (with extension .afm or .pfm). 🦋

This program is part of the FreeType demos package. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -d WxH[xD] — Set the window width to W px, the height to H px, and optionally the depth to D bpp (default: 640x480x24). 🪟
  • -r r — Use resolution r dpi (default: 72dpi). 🌈
  • -f index — Specify first index to display (default: 0). 🔢
  • -e enc — Specify 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. ✍️
  • -l mode — Set start-up rendering mode (0 <= mode <= 6). This corresponds to the keystrokes 'A' to 'G' within the program. 🎛️
  • -L W1,W2,W3,W4,W5 / -L Rx,Ry,Gx,Gy,Bx,By — Depending on the implemented subpixel rendering method and the number of provided arguments, set either five LCD filter weights or six subpixel coordinates (as specified in functions FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeights or FT_Library_SetLcdGeometry respectively). 🧚
  • -k keys — Emulate sequence of keystrokes upon start-up. If the keystrokes contain 'q', the program operates in batch mode. Function keys Fx are mapped to character codes 0xFx; as an example, -k $'\xF3q' is function key 'F3' followed by character 'q'. ⌨️💀
  • -p — Preload file in memory to simulate memory-mapping. 🧠
  • -v — Show version. 👀

mwah 💋 this lil page is version FreeType 2.15.0, dated October 2026. stay iconic, bestie 🫶✨

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