---
name: "ftinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fttools"
version: "1.2-16"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ftinfo"
---

# ftinfo(1)

display FreeType information of TrueType font files.

## NAME

ftinfo - display FreeType information of TrueType font files.

## SYNOPSIS

**ftinfo \[-daclhinop\] \[-mchar\] \[-sscale\] font-names ...**

## DESCRIPTION

*Ftinfo* displays information of each font file by using FreeType library.

## OPTIONS

- \-d

  Enter debug mode.

- \-a

  Dump all information about each TrueType font file.

- \-c

  Dump charmap information.

- \-l

  Dump list of properties.

- \-h

  Dump all information in header property.

- \-i

  Dump all information in horizontal header property.

- \-n

  Dump all information in name property.

- \-o

  Dump all information in os/2 property.

- \-p

  Dump all information in postscript property.

- \-m*char*

  Calculate and show the metrics of a character.

- \-m*perl-exp*

  Calculate and show the each metrics of a characters represented by perl-exp, e.g. -m '"a".."z"' show all metrics from a to z.

- \-s*scale*

  Use scale as point-size of calculation of the metrics.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1998  Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa\
 Comments to: jam@pobox.com