.TH "FONTYPYTHON" 1 "2009-09-28" "" "" .SH NAME fontypython \- Find, view and manage font files of all kinds. .SH SYNOPSIS .B fontypython [\fIOPTIONS\fR]... [\fIVIEW\fR]... [\fITARGET\fR]... .SH DESCRIPTION .B 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 .B installed or removed as needed. In this way you control which fonts are installed on a per-project basis. If you have .B gucharmap or .B 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 .B see and/or use .B any fonts in a local directory (or a mount). They .B do not need to be installed on your system. .PP .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB VIEW A place where fonts are. A Pog or a folder someplace. .TP \fB TARGET A "Pog". A place to keep those fonts (just references to them). .TP \fB 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'. .TP \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-examples\fR Show some %$@#$ examples! .TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR List the names of all the Pogs. .TP \fB\-i\fR Pog, \fB\-\-install\fR=\fIPog\fR Install the fonts in this Pog to your fonts folder. .TP \fB\-u\fR Pog, \fB\-\-uninstall\fR=\fIPog\fR Uninstall the fonts in this Pog. .TP \fB\-p\fR Pog, \fB\-\-purge\fR=\fIPog\fR Purge the Pog of font files that are no longer really there. .TP \fB\-s\fR num, \fB\-\-size\fR=\fInum\fR Set a new default point size. .TP \fB\-n\fR num, \fB\-\-number\fR=\fInum\fR Set a new default for how many fonts to view at one go. Don't overdo this. .TP \fB\-c\fR folder \fB\-\-check\fR=\fIfolder\fR 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. .TP \fB\-a\fR folder Pog, \fB\-\-all\fR=\fIfolder Pog\fR 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. .TP \fB\-A\fR folder Pog, \fB\-\-all\-recurse=\fIfolder Pog\fR Puts all fonts in this folder and *all* sub-folders into the Pog. Rest same as \-a. .TP \fB\-z\fR Pog, \fB\-\-zip=\fIPog\fR 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. .TP \fB\-\-version\fR Show program's version number and exit. .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Show help message and exit. .SH SEE ALSO .BR Homepage: .SH AUTHOR fontypython was written by Donn.C.Ingle . .PP This manual page was updated by Donn Ingle in October 2009. It was originally written by Kartik Mistry , for the Debian project (but may be used by others).