VFBCU2QU(1)

📦 version 0.11.1, in ubuntu stonking

💖 VFBCU2QU 💖

okay bestie, welcome to vfbcu2qu, straight out of the General Commands Manual — one little command in section 1, and she is busy converting curves. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

vfbcu2qu — converts a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file from cubic to quadratic curves. no cap, that's the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vfbcu2qu [options] inputpath [outputpath]

that's it. that's the shape of it. options first, then where your file at, then optionally where you want it to go. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea, bestie: vfbcu2qu takes a FontLab Studio 5 VFB file and converts it to quadratic curves, using the cu2qu library. iconic library, iconic behaviour. ✨

and the way it handles multiple masters?? it converts them together, preserving compatibility between the masters. like... it's not doing them one at a time and letting them drift apart, it's giving teamwork. main character energy for real. 👑

now, where does the converted file land? listen up, this part matters:

  • Unless you pass the -p option, the converted file gets saved with the suffix .qu.vfb, sitting in the same directory as the input file.
  • If you do pass the -p option, the file is saved with the suffix .vfb in the output folder instead.
⚠️ real talk: existing output files are not overwritten unless -fo is specified. she's polite like that. if you want her to steamroll over what's already there, you have to say so out loud. 🙈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — show a help message and exit. your lil "what do i do" button, she's got you. 🫶
  • -p, --path PATH — output folder for the converted file. point her at a folder and that's where the goods go. 📁✨
  • -fo, --force-overwrite — force overwrite of existing output files. dramatic, decisive, no hesitation. 💀
  • -m, --max-err-em MAX_ERR_EM — maximum allowed error, relative to the font's units per em. the default is 0.001. yes, that small. precision is the vibe. 🧚

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • inputpath — input file path (.vfb). where your little font baby lives rn.
  • outputpath — optional output file path (.vfb). only if you're feeling specific about destination. 💖

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go check out her friends, they're all serving:

and that's the page, bestie!! VFBCU2QU(1) — the whole thing, from the General Commands Manual family, and if you look down at the bottom of the original you'll find that exact same VFBCU2QU(1) label hanging out there as the footer. so now you know 💖 go convert something gorgeous, you've got this, periodt. ✨🦋🌸
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