ttf2eps(1)

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💖 ttf2eps — the glow-up your fonts deserve 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ttf2eps (that's a General Commands Manual situation, section 1, we're fancy here). She extracts ttf file glyphs into an eps file. That's literally her whole thing. And she eats. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

ttf2eps — extract ttf file glyphs into an eps file. no cap, that's it, that's the job. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ttf2eps [--all] {--name ps-name | --unicode hex | --unicode hex |
--glyph num} ttf-fontfile

okay so yes the --unicode hex shows up twice in there, that's just how she is, we don't question the queen. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So here's the vibe: ttf2eps reads the true-type file you hand her and pulls the glyphs you point at out into an eps file. And like, each file gets named after the character that was extracted — according to the 'post' table, obviously, she's not out here guessing. ✨

You can extract multiple glyphs at once, bestie, no need to do them one by one like it's 2009. You pick your glyphs one of three ways:

  • by the character's name
  • by its unicode encoding
  • by its true type glyph number

And if you want all of them? Say less. Just use [--all] and she'll take the whole roster. 🔥

The files get created in the current directory. Not somewhere else. Right there. Where you're standing. 🫶

Also, some meta-information is provided in comments inside each .eps file — for example the character's width, the font's ascent, descent, and the number of units per em. So you get the tea and the receipts. 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go give them their flowers too, they're the friend group. 💐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

ttf2eps was written by George Williams <gww@silcom.com>. iconic behavior, honestly.

FontForge is currently maintained by the FontForge development team. See /usr/share/doc/fontforge/AUTHORS for a comprehensive list of contributors — a whole group chat of legends, fr fr.

and that's the page, bestie!! this one's from 2018-May-04 — vintage, but she still slays 💅✨

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