---
name: "Font::TTF::Maxp"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-font-ttf"
version: "1.06-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Font::TTF::Maxp"
---

# Font::TTF::Maxp(3pm)

Maximum Profile table in a font

## NAME

Font::TTF::Maxp - Maximum Profile table in a font

## DESCRIPTION

A collection of useful instance variables following the TTF standard. Probably the most used being `"numGlyphs"`. Note that this particular value is foundational and should be kept up to date by the application, it is not updated by `"update"`.

Handles table versions 0.5, 1.0

## INSTANCE VARIABLES

No others beyond those specified in the standard:

```
    numGlyphs
    maxPoints
    maxContours
    maxCompositePoints
    maxCompositeContours
    maxZones
    maxTwilightPoints
    maxStorage
    maxFunctionDefs
    maxInstructionDefs
    maxStackElements
    maxSizeOfInstructions
    maxComponentElements
    maxComponentDepth
```

## METHODS

### $t-\>read

Reads the table into memory

### $t-\>out($fh)

Writes the table to a file either from memory or by copying.

### $t-\>minsize()

Returns the minimum size this table can be. If it is smaller than this, then the table must be bad and should be deleted or whatever.

### $t-\>update

Calculates all the maximum values for a font based on the glyphs in the font. Only those fields which require hinting code interpretation are ignored and left as they were read.

## BUGS

None known

## AUTHOR

Martin Hosken \<http://scripts.sil.org/FontUtils\>.

## LICENSING

Copyright (c) 1998-2016, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)

This module is released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.  For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.