Reference

defoma-hints(1)

generate font hints.

NAME

defoma-hints - generate font hints.

SYNOPSIS

defoma-hints [-c] [--no-question] category fonts...

DESCRIPTION

defoma-hints is a tool to help generating font hints. It asks various questions about the typeface of a font, reads information from a font file, and outputs the generated hints to STDOUT in a hintfile format.

OPTIONS

-c

Force text interface, even if $DISPLAY is set.

--no-question

Accept default hint choice without prompting.

FILES

/usr/share/defoma/libhint-*.pl

Perl libraries which are prepared for each category. These are category-specific hints-generating program.

EXAMPLES

1. Create a hintfile named type1.hints for type1 fonts in /usr/share/fonts/type1.

defoma-hints --no-question type1 /usr/share/fonts/type1/*.pfb > type1.hints

SEE ALSO

defoma(1).

History

--no-question since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -c since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).