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NAME

6       ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file
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SYNOPSIS

9       ttfdump  [-h] [-t tablename] [-g glyphnumber] [-c collection] [-o dump‐
10       file] [-i] ttfile
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DESCRIPTION

13       ttfdump dumps the contents of a TrueType font file in  ASCII  form.   A
14       TrueType  font  file  is  consist  of  various  tables. Those table are
15       divided into two categories -  Required  Tables  and  Optional  Tables.
16       Mulitiple TrueType fonts can be merged to a TrueType Collection.
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18   Options
19       -h     Print a help message on standard output and exit.
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21       -t tablename
22              If  this  option  is  specified then dump the table "tablename",
23              otherwise dump every tables in ttfile.  Tablename can be one  of
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26              Required Tables
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28              cmap   character to glyph mapping table
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30              glyf   glyph data
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32              head   font header
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34              hhea   horizontal header
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36              hmtx   horizontal metrics
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38              loca   index to location
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40              maxp   maximum profile
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42              name   naming table
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44              post   PostScript information
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46              OS/2   OS/2 and windows specific metrics
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50              cvt    control value table
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52              fpgm   font program; not implemented yet.
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54              gasp   grid-fitting and scan conversion procedure (grayscale)
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58              kern   kerning table
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60              LTSH   Linear threshold table
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62              prep   CVT program; not implemented yet
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64              PCLT   PCL5 table
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66              VDMX   Vertical Device Metrics table
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68              vhea   vertical metrics header
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72              Additional OpenType Tables
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74              GPOS   glyph positioning table
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76              GSUB   glyph substitution table
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78       -g glyphnumber
79              If  this  option  is  specified  then  dump the glyph with index
80              glyphnumber, otherwise dump all glyphs in ttfile.
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82       -c collection
83              Select a TrueType font in a TrueType Collection.
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85       -o dumpfile
86              Output of the dump. If this option is  not  specified,  dump  to
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89       -i ttfile
90              TrueType font file to be dumped.
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EXAMPLE

93       To dump all information in the TrueType font file times.ttf:
94              ttfdump times.ttf
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96       To dump the required table cmap in the file:
97              ttfdump -t cmap times.ttf
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99       To dump a single glyph with index 50:
100              ttfdump -g 50 times.ttf
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SEE ALSO

104       TrueType  1.0 Font Files,  Technical Specification Revision 1.66 Novem‐
105       ber 1995
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NOTE

108       Instruction disassembler in not implemented.
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AUTHOR

111       Li-Da Lho, ollie@ms1.hinet.net
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