How To Install Fontforge In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Fontforge In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

fontforge

font editor

Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force



Section: fonts

Install fontforge

  • Debian apt-get install fontforge Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install fontforge Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S fontforge Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install fontforge Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install fontforge Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install fontforge Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install fontforge Click to copy
  • macOS brew install fontforge Click to copy

fontforge

font editor

Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1, some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2), CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts. This package also provides these programs and utilities: fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image; fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors; sfddiff - compare two font files.

fontforge-nox

font editor - non-X version

Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1, some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2), CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts. This package also provides these programs and utilities: fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image; fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors; sfddiff - compare two font files. This package contains a version of FontForge compiled with support for scripting but no GUI, and not require the graphics library.

fontforge-dbg

debugging symbols for fontforge

Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1, some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2), CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts. This package contains the debugging symbols for fontforge.

To install the latest version of fontforge in your favorite operating system just copy the fontforge installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of fontforge 2024 package in your OS.