OTFCOMPRESS(1)

💖 OTFCOMPRESS 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to otfcompress — this is the user commands corner of the manual, and it's literally all about squishing single OTF files down to size. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

otfcompress — Compression program for single OTF files 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

otf(de)compress — Compression program for single OTF files.

like... that's the whole vibe, fr fr. one OTF in, one smaller OTF out. and if you go the other way, one smaller OTF in, one normal OTF out. it's giving compressor. it's giving decompressor. it's giving both, depending on what you name it. 💅

here's the syntax, write it down bestie:

otf(de)compress [options] <file(s)>

okay so <file(s)> is plural-with-a-parenthesis which means you can pass one file, or several files, and it'll do the thing to each of them. we love a flexible queen. 👑

now the options — and yes, we're going through every single one, no skips, no cap:

• -h, --help — shows you this help message. it's the "hey what do i do" button. press it when you're lost and it'll be nice to you. 🫶
• -V — shows the OTF version. capital V, bestie, don't come at me with lowercase, that's a different letter entirely. 🙈
• -c — compress. this is also the default action if you invoked the program as otfcompress, so honestly you might not even need to type it. main character energy: it just does it automatically. ✨
• -d — decompress. and this one is the default action if you invoked the program as otfdecompress. see what they did there?? the name you call it by decides the default move. iconic behavior honestly. 🌈
• -k — keep the original file (compressed resp. uncompressed). so like, instead of replacing your file with the new one, you get both. the original stays, the processed one shows up next to it. your hoarding is valid, bestie. 🎀
• -o <dir> — output directory. tell it where to drop the result instead of just putting it right where it found the original. note the little plot twist: this implicitly sets -k, so using -o means you keep the original too, whether you asked for it or not. surprise! 🍓
• -[0-9] — use given compression level. default is 4. here's the whole ladder:
  1. 0 — plain (no compression, just vibes and file copying energy 💀)
  2. 1 — minimum compression, fastest ⚡
  3. 9 — maximum compression, slowest 🐌

so like... low number = fast but chunky, high number = tiny but you're gonna wait. pick your poison. ✨

pro tip vibe check: the default compression level is 4, so if you don't say anything, it just does level 4 and minds its own business. 💜

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💅 sign-off 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was otfcompress version 1.12.5, dated February 2026, and yeah — same name at the top and the bottom of the page because symmetry is a lifestyle. now go compress something. slay. 👑✨🦋