ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Options  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  NOTE  AUTHOR 

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NAME

ttfdump − Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

SYNOPSIS

ttfdump [−h] [−t tablename] [−g glyphnumber] [−c collection] [−o dumpfile] [−i] ttfile

DESCRIPTION

ttfdump dumps the contents of a TrueType font file in ASCII form. A TrueType font file is consist of various tables. Those table are divided into two categories - Required Tables and Optional Tables. Mulitiple TrueType fonts can be merged to a TrueType Collection.

Options

-h

Print a help message on standard output and exit.

-t tablename

If this option is specified then dump the table "tablename", otherwise dump every tables in ttfile. Tablename can be one of the following:
Required Tables

	cmap		character to glyph mapping table
	glyf		glyph data
	head		font header
	hhea		horizontal header
	hmtx		horizontal metrics
	loca		index to location
	maxp		maximum profile
	name		naming table
	post		PostScript information
	OS/2		OS/2 and windows specific metrics

Optional Tables

	cvt		control value table
	fpgm		font program; not implemented yet.
	gasp		grid-fitting and scan conversion procedure (grayscale)
	hdmx		horizontal device metrics
	kern		kerning table
	LTSH		Linear threshold table
	prep		CVT program; not implemented yet
	PCLT		PCL5 table
	VDMX		Vertical Device Metrics table
	vhea		vertical metrics header
	vmtx		vertical metrics

Additional OpenType Tables

	GPOS		glyph positioning table
	GSUB		glyph substitution table

-g glyphnumber

If this option is specified then dump the glyph with index glyphnumber, otherwise dump all glyphs in ttfile.

-c collection

Select a TrueType font in a TrueType Collection.

-o dumpfile

Output of the dump. If this option is not specified, dump to stdout.

-i ttfile

TrueType font file to be dumped.

EXAMPLE

To dump all information in the TrueType font file times.ttf:

ttfdump times.ttf

To dump the required table cmap in the file:

ttfdump -t cmap times.ttf

To dump a single glyph with index 50:

ttfdump -g 50 times.ttf

SEE ALSO

TrueType 1.0 Font Files, Technical Specification Revision 1.66 November 1995

NOTE

Instruction disassembler in not implemented.

AUTHOR

Li-Da Lho, [email protected]

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