---
name: "font2afm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-font-utils"
version: "2009-10+squeeze1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/font2afm"
---

# font2afm(1)

create font metrics (in afm format) for (almost) any font file

## NAME

font2afm - create font metrics (in *afm* format) for (almost) any font file

## SYNOPSIS

font2afm \[options\] *font* ...

font2afm \[options\] @*filelist*

## DESCRIPTION

**font2afm** generates font metrics (in Adobe's *afm* format) for Type1, TrueType and OpenType fonts.

**font2afm** is just a wrapper script around several utilities (**cfftot1**,  **pf2afm**, **ttf2afm**, **pfm2kpx** and **ot2kpx**) that do the real work.  All these utilities need to be available on your system.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Force overwriting of existing *afm* files.

## FILES

- *font*

  This can be any Type1 (in either *pfa* or *pfb* format), TrueType or  OpenType (both PostScript- and TrueType-flavored) font.\

- *filelist*

  This should contain a newline-separated list of font filenames.

## SEE ALSO

*pf2afm* (part of *GhostScript*), *ttf2afm* (part of *pdfTeX*), *afm2afm*, *autoinst*, *cmap2enc*, *ot2kpx*, *pfm2kpx*, *cfftot1*  (part of Eddie Kohler's *LCDF TypeTools*).

## AUTHOR

Marc Penninga \<marc@penninga.info\>

## HISTORY

- *2005-04-15*

  First version\

- *2005-04-29*

  Improved the documentation\

- *2005-05-23*

  Bugfix.\

- *2005-07-29*

  Added support for PostScript-flavored (*otf*) OpenType fonts.\

- *2005-08-08*

  Bugfix.