TTFDUMP(1)

NAME

ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

ttfdump  [-h]  [-t  tablename]  [-g  glyphnumber]  [-c collection] [-i]
ttfile [-o dumpfile]

ttfdump dumps the contents of a TrueType font file in ASCII form. A TrueType font file is consist of various tables. Those table are divided into two categories - Required Tables and Optional Tables. Mulitiple TrueType fonts and be merged to a TrueType Collection.
Options: -h Print a help message on standard output and exit.; -t tablename
If this option is specified then dump the table "tablename", otherwise dump every tables in ttfile. Tablename can be one of the following:

Required Tables

cmap character to glhph mapping table

glyf glyph data

head font header

hhea horizontal header

hmtx horizontal metrics

loca index to location

maxp maximum profile

name naming table

post PostScript information

OS/2 OS/2 and windows specific metrics

Optional Tables

cvt control value table

fpgm font program; not implemented yet.

gasp grid-fitting and scan conversion procedure (grayscale)

hdmx horizontal device metrics

kern kerning table

LTSH Linear threshold table

prep CVT program; not implemented yet

PCLT PCL5 table

VDMX Vertical Device Metrics table

vhea vertical metrics header

vmtx vertical metrics; -g glyphnumber
If this option is specified then dump the glyph with index glyphnumber, otherwise dump all glyphs in ttfile.; -c collection
Select a TrueType font in a TrueType Collection.; -i ttfile
TrueType font file to be dumped.; -o dumpfile
Output of the dump. If this option is not specified, dump to stdout.

To dump all information in the TrueType font file times.ttf:: ttfdump times.ttf
To dump the required table cmap in the file:: ttfdump -t cmap times.ttf
To dump a single glyph with index 50:: ttfdump -g 50 times.ttf

Instruction disassembler in not implemented.

Li-Da Lho, ollie@ms1.hinet.net