VFB2TTH(1)

📦 version 0.11.1, in ubuntu stonking

💖 VFB2TTH 💖 (section 1 of the manual, bestie)

okay so. General Commands Manual energy. this is the manual page for vfb2tth, and yes we're doing the whole thing, no skimming. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vfb2tth — export TrueType hinting from a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file. that's the whole job description, she's a specialist. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vfb2tth [options] inputpath

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, vfb2tth takes the TrueType hinting inside a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file and pulls it out into a custom high-level format. iconic behaviour, honestly.

and you get to pick the flavour:

  • JSON — this is the default, she's the main character 👑
  • TOML
  • YAML
unless you hand her the -p option, the output gets written to inputpath.tth.format, in the same directory as the input file. same directory bestie, she doesn't wander. 🧚

now here's the little catch, the "read the fine print" moment, the vibe check: to even have the TOML and YAML output formats available, vfbLib has to be installed with the corresponding optional dependencies — that's vfblib[toml] for TOML, or vfblib[yaml] for YAML, respectively. no extra deps, no extra formats. periodt. 🔥

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -h, --help — shows you a help message and then exits. she's helpful like that 🫶
  • -f, --format FORMAT — picks the output format. your choices are json (the default, the moment), toml, or yaml.
  • -p, --path PATH — tells her which output folder the resulting file should go in.

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • inputpath — the input file path, and it's a .vfb file. that's the one you're feeding her. 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group, go say hi 💖

and that's the page!! VFB2TTH(1) — that's her name, that's the manual section she lives in, and this is where the page ends. slay, go export some hinting. 💅✨🌸

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