---
name: "Font::TTF::PSNames"
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::PSNames"
---

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

Utilities for Postscript glyph name processing

## NAME

Font::TTF::PSNames - Utilities for Postscript glyph name processing

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Font::TTF::PSNames qw(parse lookup);
  $name = lookup($uni);
  $uni = parse($name);
```

## METHODS

### lookup ( $usv \[, $noAlt \[, $noUni\] \])

return the Adobe-recommended glyph name for a specific Unicode codepoint (integer). By default returns `"uniXXXX"` names rather than `"afiiNNNNN"` or `"SFnnnnnn"` names

If `$noAlt` is true, `"afii"` and `"SF"` names are returned rather than `"uniXXXX"`.

if `$noUni` is true, returns undef if it would have to resort to `"uniXXXX"` or `"uXXXXXX"`  style names. Essentially this represents a straight lookup in the Adobe-recommended list.

### parse ( $glyphname )

Parse an Adobe-conformant glyph name, generating a Unicode codepoint sequence equivalent to the glyph (or glyph components, should the name represent a ligature). In scalar context, returns a reference to an array of Unicodes (decimal). Array is empty if the glyph name is non-conformant. In list context, the first item returned is the same array reference as above. The second item is a reference to an array containing the extensions (if any) present on the glyph name.  The '.' that precedes each extension is not included.

## 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.