SFDDIFF(1)SFDDIFF(1)NAMEsfddiff - compare two font files
SYNOPSISsfddiff [--help] [--ignorehints] [--ignorenames] [--ignoregpos]
[--ignoregsub] [--ignorebitmaps] [--exact] [--warn] [--merge outfile]
[--usage] [--version] fontfile1 fontfile2
DESCRIPTION
The program sfddiff compares two font files, which may be in any format
fontforge(1) can read. It will notice the following differences:
1) Characters are present in one font but not in the other.
2) Characters are present in both fonts but have different sets of
outlines or references. The outlines may be compared so that
only exact matches are accepted, or so that a fuzzier match is
used. Similarly references may need to match exactly, or may be
matched after an unlink.
This fuzzy comparison is useful when comparing truetype and
postscript fonts, or when comparing a font with references to
one without.
3) The postscript hints or truetype instructions are different.
4) The font names (the truetype `name' table) differ.
5) The kerning (and other `gpos' information) differs.
6) The ligatures (and other `gsub' information) differ.
7) Any bitmap strikes present in one font but not in the other.
8) Any bitmap characters present in one strike of one font but in
the equivalent strike of the other.
9) Any bitmap characters which differ.
OPTIONS--help Provide a description with a list of the available options.
--ignorehints
Suppress the reporting of hint/instruction differences.
--ignoregpos
Suppress the reporting of kerning (and other `gpos') differ‐
ences.
--ignoregsub
Suppress the reporting of ligature (and other `gsub') differ‐
ences.
--ignorenames
Suppress the reporting of name string differences.
--ignorebitmaps
Suppress the reporting of bitmap differences.
--exact
Require outlines to match exactly.
--warn Warn if the outlines/references are slightly different.
--merge outfile
Store a merged version of the two fonts into the specified out‐
put file. The merged data will be based on sfdfile1, as well as
any characters present in sfdfile2 but not in sfdfile1 will be
added, and the outlines of sfdfile2 will be placed in the back‐
ground. Finally, for any characters with different outlines or
references the background of the the character will contain the
outlines from sfdfile2 (references will be unlinked into out‐
lines and those outlines also will be added).
--usage
Display the usage description.
--version
Display the current version.
SEE ALSOfontforge(1)
The HTML version of the fontforge manual at:
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2000-2006 by George Williams (gww@silcom.com). Manual
page heavily rewritten and modified to use standard -man(5) macros by
R.P.C. Rodgers (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov), 23 October 2002.
8 April 2006 SFDDIFF(1)
