TTFTOTYPE42(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💖 TTFTOTYPE42 💖

okay bestie, so this is ttftotype42 from the LCDF Typetools set, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section. she's a little font-wrapping icon and she's about to make your TrueType fonts speak PostScript. no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ttftotype42 — create a PostScript Type 42 wrapper of a TrueType font 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ttftotype42 [input [output]]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓 ttftotype42 converts TrueType or TrueType-flavored OpenType font programs into PostScript Type 42 format, which is literally just a wrapper for the TrueType outlines. it's giving "new outfit, same soul" ✨

and the best part? this conversion preserves all outlines and hint information from the original TrueType font. nothing gets lost, nothing gets left behind. periodt 💖

the Type 42 wrapper uses glyph names identical to those expected by pdflatex(1) or otftotfm(1), so encoding files suitable for TrueType fonts and pdflatex will also work for the Type 42 fonts and dvips(1). iykyk 😌 the encoding files just carry over, no drama, no redoing your whole setup.

now, about the files:

  • if the file output is not specified, output goes to the standard output
  • if the file input is not specified, input comes from the standard input

so yes she can absolutely be a pipe girlie 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -o file, --output file — write the output font to file instead of the standard output 💾
  • -q, --quiet — do not generate any error messages 🤫 (she's in her silent era)
  • -h, --help — print usage information and exit 📖
  • -v, --version — print the version number and some short non-warranty information and exit 🏷️

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com) — the mastermind, the moment, the main character fr fr 🫶

the latest version is available from:

http://www.lcdf.org/type/
🌟 okay that's the whole page bestie!! go forth and wrap those fonts, you absolute legend ✨

and that's a wrap on ttftotype42 💅 this is Version 2.110 of the LCDF Typetools, brought to you with love, hints, and zero data loss 🌸🎀🦋 mwah 💖

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