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).