---
name: "ttmkfdir"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ttmkfdir"
version: "3.0.9-5.3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ttmkfdir"
---

# ttmkfdir(1)

an utility for creating fonts.scale for TrueType fonts

## NAME

ttmkfdir - an utility for creating fonts.scale for TrueType fonts

## SYNOPSIS

**ttmkfdir** \[*options*\] *files*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ttmkfdir** command.

**ttmkfdir** is a program for creating the *fonts.scale* files for TrueType fonts.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **--help (or -h)**

  Shows summary of options.

- **--encoding (or -e) \<encodings.dir\>**

  directory containing the encoding definitions (please refer to \<http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/fonts.html\> for more details). The default encodings.dir location is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir

- **--font-dir (or -d) \<directory\>**

  scan directory \<directory\> for TrueType font files (default is the current directory)

- **--output (or -o) \<filename\>**

  write output to file named \<filename\> (default is fonts.scale in current directory)

- **--default-foundry (or -f) \<foundry\>**

  use \<foundry\> name for unknown font vendors (default is 'misc')

- **--max-missing (or -m) \<number\>**

  maximal number of missing characters per encoding (default is 5). This options applies to the encoding that has less than 256 code-points definitions.

- **--font-backend (or -b) \<number\>**

  font back-end type. For the X FreeType (xft) one use value '1', for the XTT one use value '2', default value is 1, X Free Type. This option is required for TrueType Collection font (.ttc).

- **--additional-entries (or -x) \<number\>**

  for the XTT back-end: generate extra TTCaps stuff (f.ex. for the bold and italic support). For the FreeType back-end: generate extra "dummy" XLFDs for bold and italic. Defaults to '0', '1' enables the option.

- **--completeness (or -c)**

  use less strict completeness tests for encoding tables

- **-p**

  use panose information (Panose is a typeface classification system which can be embedded in the font itself).

## SEE ALSO

You can find more about Panose system on this website: \<http://www.monotypeimaging.com/printer/pan1.asp\>.

## AUTHOR

Upstream author is Joerg Pomnitz \<pommnitz@darmstadt.gmd.de\>. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Miros/law L. Baran \<baran@debian.org\> and then rewritten using the original RedHat README file by Yu Shao \<yshao@redhat.com\>.