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TTFDUMP(1)		     General Commands Manual		      TTFDUMP(1)

NAME
     ttfdump - Dumping the contents of a TrueType Font file

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

DESCRIPTION
     ttfdump dumps the contents of a TrueType font file in ASCII form.	A  True-
     Type  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", other-
	    wise dump every tables in ttfile.  Tablename can be one of the  fol-
	    lowing:

	    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 glyphnum-
	    ber, 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 November
     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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