fonttools

4.62.1 · active · verified Sat Mar 28

fonttools is a Python library for manipulating font files, currently at version 4.62.1, with a release cadence of approximately every few months.

Warnings

breaking fonttools 4.60.0 dropped support for Python 3.9.
Fix: Upgrade to Python 3.10 or later.
deprecated The 'fonttools[ufo]' extra now uses 'fontTools.misc.filesystem' instead of 'pyfilesystem2'.
Fix: Update your imports to 'from fontTools.misc.filesystem import ...'.
gotcha Ensure 'setuptools' is installed to avoid build errors during installation.
Fix: Install 'setuptools' using 'pip install setuptools'.

Install

pip install fonttools Install fonttools

Imports

TTFont
```
from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
```
Ensure correct import path to avoid ImportError.

Quickstart

This script demonstrates loading a TrueType font, accessing its tables, and saving changes.

from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont

# Load a TrueType font file
font = TTFont('path_to_font.ttf')

# Access font tables
print(font.keys())

# Save changes to the font
font.save('path_to_new_font.ttf')

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