VFB2JSON(1)

💖 VFB2JSON(1) 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're in the General Commands Manual ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vfb2json — it converts a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file into JSON. that's the whole job. she's an icon, she's a legend, and that's the task 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

vfb2json [options] inputpath

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically vfb2json cooks up a JSON representation that sticks super close to the structure of a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file. like, not a glow-up, not a remix — it's giving "the same thing but in JSON". the way that it adheres to the original structure… obsessed fr fr 💖

unless you drop the -p option, the output gets written to inputpath.vfb.json, sitting right there in the same directory as the input file. and heads up bestie: existing output files get overwritten. no "are you sure", no little trashing sound, she just goes 🙈

and lowkey? this tool is expected to be mostly used for debugging purposes. she's not the main character of your font pipeline, she's the backstage bestie holding the flashlight 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — show a help message and then dip. that's it, that's the whole thing ✨
• -d, --no-decompile — don't decompile the data, just output the binary in JSON. raw, unbothered, no notes 💀
• --header — only read the VFB header, skip the actual data. surface-level bestie behavior, honestly iconic 💅
• -m, --minimal — parse only a minimal amount of data. she's doing the bare minimum and she's thriving 🌸
• -p, --path PATH — output folder for the resulting JSON file. you pick the destination, she does not 👑
• -r, --roundtrip — roundtrip the data by decompiling and compiling again before saving. out and back, like a little boomerang 🪃✨
• -u, --unicode-strings — force strings to be interpreted as Unicode instead of Windows-1252. no more encoding confusion bestie, we're going full Unicode 🌈

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inputpath — the input file path. it's a .vfb file, obviously. hand it over and let her cook 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• vfb3ufo(1)
• vfb2tth(1)
• vfbcu2qu(1)
• vfbdiff(1)

the whole friend group 💜 go say hi, they're all part of the same little font-tools squad

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and that's the page bestie!! 🎀 this was VFB2JSON(1) from the General Commands Manual, section 1 — no cap, that's the whole vibe check. go forth and convert some VFB files, you absolute main character 💖✨🦋