1FTGRID(1) General Commands Manual FTGRID(1)
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6 ftgrid - simple glyph grid viewer
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9 ftgrid [options] [pt] font ...
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12 ftgrid displays the glyphs of a font as outlines right before the con‐
13 version from outlines to pixels take place. It also displays the re‐
14 sulting bitmap. It is possible to interactively change hinting and
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18 pt The point size for the given resolution. If resolution is
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21 font The font file(s) to display. For Type 1 font files, ftgrid also
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25 This program is part of the FreeType demos package.
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28 -d WxH[xD]
29 Set the window width to W px, the height to H px, and optionally
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32 -r r Use resolution r dpi (default: 72dpi).
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34 -f index
35 Specify first index to display (default: 0).
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37 -e enc Specify encoding tag (default: no encoding). Common values:
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41 -a "axis1 axis2 ..."
42 For Multiple Master, GX, or OpenType variation fonts, specify
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46 -n Don't display named instances of variation fonts.
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48 -k keys
49 Emulate sequence of keystrokes upon start-up. If the keystrokes
50 contain 'q', the program operates in batch mode. Function keys
51 Fx are mapped to character codes 0xFx; as an example,
52 -k $'\xF3q' is function key 'F3' followed by character 'q'.
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58FreeType 2.13.1 June 2023 FTGRID(1)