fontforge
postscript font editor and converter
FontForge -- An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats.
homepage ↗ github: fontforge/fontforge sourceforge: fontforge
⚠ Security advisories affect this package: GLSA 202508-03
Available in
| Overlay | Newest | Ebuilds | Last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gentoo gitweb ↗ | 20230101-r2 | 1 | 14 h | details › |
| 4nykey GitHub ↗ | 20251009 | 2 | 6 d | details › |
| didos GitHub ↗ | 20200815-r1 | 3 | 2 yr | details › |
Versions & arches
| Version | Overlay | amd64 | arm64 | x86 | ppc64 | riscv | alpha | amd64-linux | arm | hppa | ia64 | loong | m68k | mips | ppc | ppc-macos | s390 | sparc | x86-linux | x86-macos | Committed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99999999 LIVE ≈ | 4nykey | follows upstream — no keywords | 3 mo | view · download · history ↗ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20251009 ≈ | 4nykey | amd64 untested | arm64 untested | x86 untested | ppc64 untested | riscv untested | alpha untested | amd64-linux untested | arm untested | hppa untested | ia64 untested | loong untested | m68k untested | mips untested | ppc untested | ppc-macos untested | s390 untested | sparc untested | x86-linux untested | x86-macos untested | 9 mo | view · download · history ↗ |
| 20230101-r2 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | amd64-linux untested | arm stable | hppa testing | ia64 untested | loong testing | m68k testing | mips testing | ppc stable | ppc-macos untested | s390 testing | sparc testing | x86-linux untested | x86-macos untested | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 20200815-r1 | didos | amd64 testing | arm64 testing | x86 testing | ppc64 testing | riscv testing | alpha testing | amd64-linux testing | arm testing | hppa testing | ia64 testing | loong untested | m68k untested | mips testing | ppc testing | ppc-macos testing | s390 testing | sparc testing | x86-linux testing | x86-macos testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 20200320-r2 | didos | amd64 untested | arm64 untested | x86 untested | ppc64 untested | riscv untested | alpha untested | amd64-linux untested | arm untested | hppa untested | ia64 untested | loong untested | m68k untested | mips untested | ppc untested | ppc-macos untested | s390 untested | sparc untested | x86-linux untested | x86-macos untested | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 20200314-r3 | didos | amd64 stable | arm64 testing | x86 stable | ppc64 testing | riscv untested | alpha testing | amd64-linux testing | arm stable | hppa testing | ia64 testing | loong untested | m68k untested | mips testing | ppc stable | ppc-macos testing | s390 testing | sparc testing | x86-linux testing | x86-macos testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
Use flags of 20251009
- doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
- truetype-debugger Enable truetype debugger in fontforge
- gif Add GIF image support
- gtk Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
- harfbuzz
- jpeg Add JPEG image support
- png Add support for libpng (PNG images)
- +python Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
- readline Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
- test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
- tiff Add support for the TIFF image format
- svg Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
- woff2 Enable support for WOFF2 format