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TTFDUMP(1)							    TTFDUMP(1)

NAME
       ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

SYNOPSIS
       ttfdump	[-h] [-t tablename] [-g glyphnumber] [-c collection] [-o dump‐
       file] [-i] ttfile

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 can 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 glyph 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

	      Additional OpenType Tables

	      GPOS   glyph positioning table

	      GSUB   glyph substitution table

       -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.

       -o dumpfile
	      Output of the dump. If this option is  not  specified,  dump  to
	      stdout.

       -i ttfile
	      TrueType font file to be dumped.

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 Novem‐
       ber 1995

NOTE
       Instruction disassembler in not implemented.

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

ILX Project		       14 November 2011			    TTFDUMP(1)

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