fontforge
Install command:
brew install fontforgeCommand-line outline and bitmap font editor/converter
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/fontforge.json
Formula code: fontforge.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
tahoe | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| ventura | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ | |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 20230101 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| cairo | 1.18.4 | Vector graphics library with cross-device output support |
| fontconfig | 2.17.1 | XML-based font configuration API for X Windows |
| freetype | 2.14.1 | Software library to render fonts |
| giflib | 5.2.2 | Library and utilities for processing GIFs |
| glib | 2.86.0 | Core application library for C |
| jpeg-turbo | 3.1.2 | JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression |
| libpng | 1.6.50 | Library for manipulating PNG images |
| libspiro | 20240903 | Library to simplify the drawing of curves |
| libtiff | 4.7.1 | TIFF library and utilities |
| libtool | 2.5.4 | Generic library support script |
| libuninameslist | 20250909 | Library of Unicode names and annotation data |
| pango | 1.57.0 | Framework for layout and rendering of i18n text |
| python@3.13 | 3.13.7 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| readline | 8.3.1 | Library for command-line editing |
| woff2 | 1.0.2 | Utilities to create and convert Web Open Font File (WOFF) files |
| brotli | 1.1.0 | Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google |
| gettext | 0.26 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.1.2 | Cross-platform make |
| gettext | 0.26 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
| ninja | 1.13.1 | Small build system for use with gyp or CMake |
| pkgconf | 2.5.1 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| This formula only installs the command line utilities. FontForge.app can be downloaded directly from the website: https://fontforge.github.io Alternatively, install with Homebrew Cask: brew install --cask fontforge |
Analytics:
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884 |
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