mtx-fonts(1)

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💖 mtx-fonts — ConTeXt Font Database Management 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because today we're talking about mtx-fonts, aka the ConTeXt font database management era of your life. it's a script, it lives in the mtxrun family, and it's genuinely iconic. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mtxrun --script fonts [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

like, that's the whole vibe. you call it through mtxrun with --script fonts, throw some OPTIONS at it, and optionally some FILENAMES, and it does its thing. periodt. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ConTeXt Font Database Management. that's it, that's the job — it's the girl who keeps the font database in check so your documents don't have a crisis. 🦋

✨ OPTIONS ✨

so here's the menu, bestie. every single one, no skips, no cap:

  • --convert — saves an open type font in a raw table. raw. unpolished. authentic. 💀
  • --unpack — takes a tma file and saves it in a more readable format, so it's giving decipherable instead of cryptic. 🔥
  • --reload — generates a whole new font database. and lowkey, when in doubt, use --force with it, fr fr. 🫶
  • --reload — this one's the --simple situation: it generates luatex-fonts-names.lua. heads up though, it is not for context! 🙈
  • --list --name — lists installed fonts, filtered by name. pairs with [--pattern]. 👑
  • --list --spec — lists installed fonts, filtered by spec. pairs with [--filter]. ⭐
  • --list --file — lists installed fonts, filtered by file. pairs with [--pattern]. 🌈
  • --pattern=str — filters files using a pattern. the str is your moment. ✨
  • --filter=list — key-value pairs. that's the whole description, bestie, she's mysterious like that. 💜
  • --all — shows all found instances. and yes, you can combine it with other flags. team player energy. 🫶
  • --info — gives you more details. the tea. the lore. 😭
  • --trackers=list — enables trackers. 👀
  • --statistics — serves up some info about the database. numbers, but make it cute. 🍓
  • --names — uses names instead of unicodes. say it with me: names > unicodes. 🎀
  • --cache=str — uses a specific cache. your options are otl or otf, so pick your fighter. 🧚
not me pointing out that --reload shows up twice in the original list — and yeah, I kept both, because both are real and I'm not erasing herstory. 💅

💌 AUTHOR 💌

want more info about ConTeXt and all the little tools that come with it? the girlies have you covered:

and that's the whole page, bestie. this is mtx-fonts(1), version 1.00, dated 01-01-2023 — so go forth, manage those fonts, and slay. 💖✨🌈

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