The Linux TrueType Utilities are a set of ``glue programs'' that are used to simplify the use of other programs together, in this case programs that make use of TrueType fonts.
If you have root priveleges and want to make these programs available to
users, run ``make install'' to install, or ``make uninstall''
to uninstall if you decide to remove them later. They will be placed in
/usr/local/bin.
If you don't have root priveleges, don't want all the programs, or just want to put them somewhere else, just copy the programs you want to the desired location.
Note that most (currently all) of the ttfutils are Perl scripts so Perl is a good thing to have. If you don't have it, get it and install it before trying to use the ttfutils. Also some of them require additional programs in order to perform their work; look in the sections below for each program for their specific requirements.
The documentation for ttfutils has been created in SGML using the LinuxDoc DTD.
The SGML source has been provided as well as HTML and formatted text; if you
have the
SGML-Tools
installed you can also create PostScript, DVI, Tex, LyX, RTF(m), and such
from the SGML source. Look in the doc/ subdirectory in the tarball
and run ``make help'' for a list of predetermined available
conversions.
Currently man pages are not provided; if I can figure out a way to make useful man pages out of the main SGML source this will be done in a future release.
v0.1, 9 July 1998: The first collected release of the ttfutils. A little
haphazard but still useful. My original utilities tt2gs and tt2ft
have been obsoleted by new features in Xfstt and ttmkfdir respectively
and so have been retired.
5 March 1998: tt2gs and tt2ft are released.
Except where otherwise specified all programs were written by Brion Vibber ( brion@pobox.com) and are licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. For details of this license read the file COPYING.
Note that many of these programs utilize other utilities or are meant for use in conjunction with other programs not in this archive; the licenses of these other programs may differ.