start_fontypython1

Find, view and manage font files of all kinds.

Usage

fontypython [OPTIONS] ... [VIEW] ... [TARGET] ...

Overview

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.

History

Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 7 (Wheezy): the text shown here
Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)

--text until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -t until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).