T1RAWAFM(1)

✨ T1RAWAFM ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is t1rawafm from the General Commands Manual section and she is here to hand you raw AFM metrics like it's nothing 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

t1rawafm — produce raw AFM metrics from a PostScript Type 1 font 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

t1rawafm [OPTIONS...] [font [outputfile]]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, T1rawafm generates an AFM file with the information available in a PostScript Type 1 font. that's the whole gig, no cap.

heads up though: the AFM file will lack kerns, ligature information, and composite characters. but it's otherwise usable, so we're still slaying 💅

the AFM file is written to the standard output — but see the --output option if you wanna redirect that energy elsewhere 👑

and if no input font file is supplied, t1rawafm reads a PFA or PFB font from the standard input. literally just pipes it straight in, no problem 🫶

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --output=file, -o file — send output to file instead of standard output. lowkey the move when you don't want it spilling onto your terminal 💜
• -h, --help — print usage information and exit. the "bestie what do I do" button, we love her 🎀
• --version — print the version number and some short non-warranty information and exit. iconic behavior honestly ⭐

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🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

T1rawafm exits with value 0 if an AFM metrics file was successfully generated, and 1 otherwise. so 0 = ate, 1 = 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Adobe Type 1 Font Format
• Adobe Font Metrics File Format Specification v4.1

iykyk 📚

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🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com) — thank you king, we owe you everything 🙏💖

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this was Version 2.110 of the LCDF Typetools era, so go forth and generate those raw AFM metrics ✨💅🌸