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NAME

6       mkeot - generate Embedded OpenType
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SYNOPSIS

9       mkeot font-file [ URL [ URL ... ] ] > EOT-file
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  mkeot  command  writes an EOT (Embedded OpenType) file on standard
13       output that contains the given font file (OpenType or TrueType) and the
14       given URLs.
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16       mkeot  handles  TrueType  files, OpenType files with TrueType outlines,
17       and OpenType files with Postscript outlines.  (Technically:  all  files
18       with  the  "sfnt"  format.)  However,  Microsoft's Web browser Internet
19       Explorer (version 8) cannot handle  Postscript  outlines.  To  use  EOT
20       files  with  that browser, OpenType files with Postscript outlines must
21       be converted to TrueType files first. Several prgrams are  able  to  do
22       that, including the free fontforge.
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24       The URLs that are added to the EOT file list the Web pages on which the
25       EOT font may be used. They act as prefixes, which means that,  e.g.,  a
26       URL  such  as  http://example.org/foo  enables a font not only for that
27       precise page, but  also  for  http://example.org/foo2  or  http://exam‐
28       ple.org/foo/bar or any other pages whose URL starts with the prefix.
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30       The  EOT  specification  allows  EOT files without any URLs, but is not
31       clear on the meaning of such a file. In practice, at  least  in  Micro‐
32       soft's  Internet  Explorer (version 8), an empty list of URLs means the
33       font applies to no Web page at all.
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35       EOT font are typically used for Web pages. To that end, a link (URL) to
36       the  EOT file must appear in the Web page's style sheet. A typical rule
37       in CSS looks like this:
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39           @font-face {
40             font-family: My Fancy Font;
41             font-style: normal;
42             font-weight: normal;
43             src: url(http://example.org/fonts/fancy-roman.eot);
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45           body {
46             font-family: My Fancy Font, serif;
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49       This downloads the EOT file from the given URL and declares it to be  a
50       font  of  normal  weight and roman style with the family name "My Fancy
51       Font." That font can then be used in style  rules,  such  as,  in  this
52       example,  to set the font of body text. See the "CSS Fonts Module level
53       3" for details on CSS.
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55       TrueType files typically have the extension .ttf, OpenType files  typi‐
56       cally have the extension .otf and EOT files typically end in .eot.
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SEE ALSO

59       eotinfo(1),   fontforge(1),   WEFT   (http://www.microsoft.com/typogra‐
60       phy/web/embedding/weft3/default.htm),  EOT   (http://www.w3.org/Submis‐
61       sion/2008/01/)      CSS      Fonts      Module     level     3     (see
62       http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/)
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BUGS

65       mkeot does not apply the optional MicroType Express compression.
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67       mkeot may fail with fonts  that  have  non-ASCII  characters  in  their
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70       mkeot cannot handle fonts that use (only) language tags instead of tra‐
71       ditional Microsoft/Apple language numbers in their names table.  (Luck‐
72       ily, this feature of OpenType version 1.6 appears to be little used.)
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74       mkeot does not subset the font, unlike Microsoft's graphical WEFT tool.
75       To make a EOT file with a reduced set of glyphs, you must first  create
76       a subsetted TrueType font with a font editor.
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