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## Name

ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

## Synopsis

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

## Description

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.

## Example

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

## See Also

TrueType 1.0 Font Files, Technical Specification Revision 1.66 November 1995

## Note

Instruction disassembler in not implemented.

## Aothor

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

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