convert

Convert between font formats.

Usage

fontisan convert INPUT --to FORMAT [options]

Arguments

Argument	Description
INPUT	Input font file
--to FORMAT	Output format (ttf, otf, woff, woff2)
--output PATH	Output file path

Options

Opening Options

Option	Description
--decompose	Decompose composite glyphs
--convert-curves	Convert quadratic ↔ cubic curves
--scale-to-1000	Scale to 1000 UPM
--autohint	Apply automatic hinting
--generate-unicode	Generate Unicode from glyph names
--preserve-custom-tables	Preserve non-standard tables

Generating Options

Option	Description
--hinting-mode MODE	preserve, auto, none, full
--optimize-tables	Enable table optimization
--preserve-metadata	Keep copyright/license info
--strip-metadata	Remove metadata
--target-format FORMAT	Collection target format

Presets

Option	Description
--preset NAME	Use named preset
--show-options	Show recommended options

Presets

Preset	Description
type1_to_modern	Type 1 → OpenType
modern_to_type1	OpenType → Type 1
web_optimized	Any → WOFF2
archive_to_modern	Collection → OTF

Examples

Basic Conversion

# TTF to OTF
fontisan convert input.ttf --to otf --output output.otf

# OTF to WOFF2
fontisan convert input.otf --to woff2 --output output.woff2

With Options

# Convert with autohint
fontisan convert input.ttf --to otf --autohint --output output.otf

# Convert with curve conversion
fontisan convert input.ttf --to otf --convert-curves --output output.otf

Using Presets

# Type 1 to modern
fontisan convert font.pfb --to otf --preset type1_to_modern --output font.otf

# Web optimized
fontisan convert font.otf --to woff2 --preset web_optimized --output font.woff2

Show Options

# See what options will be used
fontisan convert input.ttf --to otf --show-options

Batch Conversion

# Convert all TTF files
for f in *.ttf; do
  fontisan convert "$f" --to woff2 --output "${f%.ttf}.woff2"
done