fontist convert

Transform a font file you already have, using Fontisan. Nothing is installed.

Syntax

fontist convert format FONT_FILE FORMAT [--output FILE]
fontist convert extract COLLECTION --index N [--output-dir DIR]
fontist convert instance FONT_FILE AXES [--output FILE]
fontist convert subset FONT_FILE [--unicodes LIST] [--text TEXT] [--output FILE]

Subcommands

Subcommand	Description
format	Convert to ttf, otf, woff or woff2
extract	Write one member of a TTC/OTC collection as a standalone font
instance	Write a static instance of a variable font at the given axis values
subset	Keep only the glyphs for the given characters

By default each output is written next to the source: Lato.woff2, Font-wght300.ttf, Lato-subset.ttf. A command never overwrites its source font.

Examples

fontist convert format Lato-Regular.ttf woff2
fontist convert extract NotoSansCJK.ttc --index 1 --output-dir out
fontist convert instance "Roboto[wdth,wght].ttf" wght=300,wdth=90
fontist convert subset Lato-Regular.ttf --unicodes "U+0020-007E" --text "é"

Axis tags and values are checked against the font: an unknown axis or a value outside its range fails with an error.

Related Commands

• fontist install - The same operations while installing (--format, --collection-index, --instance, --subset-*)