---
name: "fontypython"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fontypython"
version: "0.4.6-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fontypython"
---

# fontypython(1)

Find, view and manage font files of all kinds.

## NAME

fontypython - Find, view and manage font files of all kinds.

## SYNOPSIS

**fontypython** \[*OPTIONS*\]... \[*VIEW*\]... \[*TARGET*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**fontypython** is a GUI utility written in Python and WxPython that will help you do font stuff on GNU/Linux system.  You can quickly view and filter arbitrary\* TTF, TTC, OTF or Type1 font files and then gather them together into 'Pogs' which can be **installed or removed** as needed. In this way you control which fonts are installed on a per-project basis.

If you have  **gucharmap** or **kfontview** installed, (there is an option in Settings to choose which one) you can view any font's character maps etc.

\*Arbitrary means you can  **see** and/or use  **any fonts** in a local directory (or a mount). They  **do not need** to be installed on your system.

## OPTIONS

- **VIEW**

  **A place where fonts are. A Pog or a folder someplace.**

- **TARGET**

  **A "Pog". A place to keep those fonts (just references to them).**

- **OPTIONS**

  **Below are the various command-line options. You don't need to use them, but they are handy. The program will run as a GUI if you only invoke 'fontypython'.**

- **-e**, **--examples**

  Show some %$@#$ examples!

- **-l**, **--list**

  List the names of all the Pogs.

- **-i** Pog, **--install**=*Pog*

  Install the fonts in this Pog to your fonts folder.

- **-u** Pog, **--uninstall**=*Pog*

  Uninstall the fonts in this Pog.

- **-p** Pog, **--purge**=*Pog*

  Purge the Pog of font files that are no longer really there.

- **-s** num, **--size**=*num*

  Set a new default point size.

- **-n** num, **--number**=*num*

  Set a new default for how many fonts to view at one go. Don't overdo this.

- **-c** folder **--check**=*folder*

  Check for bad fonts that crash the program. It will recurse through sub-folders. This will build a file: ~/.fontypython/segfonts After using this tool you should be able to browse safely. (The reason it's not done by default is that it's very slow.) NOTE: The fonts that crash the program are probably still perfectly good and can be used in other apps.

- **-a** folder Pog, **--all**=*folder Pog*

  Puts all fonts in this folder into the Pog. If the Pog already exists, it will add only \*new\* fonts, this means fonts are not repeated in that Pog.

- **-A** folder Pog, **--all-recurse=***folder Pog*

  Puts all fonts in this folder and \*all\* sub-folders into the Pog. Rest same as -a.

- **-z** Pog, **--zip=***Pog*

  All the fonts inside Pog will be zipped and the zipfile will be named after the Pog. The file will be placed in the current directory.

- **--version**

  Show program's version number and exit.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show help message and exit.

## SEE ALSO

**Homepage:** \<https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fontypython\>

## AUTHOR

fontypython was written by Donn.C.Ingle \<donn.ingle@gmail.com\>.

This manual page was updated by Donn Ingle in October 2009. It was originally written by Kartik Mistry \<kartik@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).