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NAME

       fontypython - Find, view and manage font files of all kinds.

SYNOPSIS

       fontypython [OPTIONS]... [VIEW]... [TARGET]...

DESCRIPTION

       fontypython  is  a GUI utility written in Python and WxPython that will
       help you do font stuff on GNU/Linux system.  You can quickly  view  and
       filter  arbitrary*  TTF,  TTC,  OTF or Type1 font files and then gather
       them together into ’Pogs’ which can be installed or removed as  needed.
       In  this  way  you  control  which fonts are installed on a per-project
       basis.

       *Arbitrary means you can use any fonts  in  a  local  directory  (or  a
       mount). They do not need to be installed on your system.

OPTIONS

        VIEW  A place where fonts are. A Pog or a folder someplace.

        TARGET
              A  "Pog". A place to keep those fonts (just references to them).

        OPTIONS
              Below are the various command-line options. You  don’t  need  to
              use  them,  but they are handy. The program will run as a GUI if
              you only invoke ’fontypython’.

       -e, --examples
              Show some %$@#$ examples!

       -l, --list
              List the names of all the Pogs.

       -i Pog, --install=Pog
              Install the fonts in this Pog to your fonts folder.

       -u Pog, --uninstall=Pog
              Uninstall the fonts in this Pog.

       -p Pog, --purge=Pog
              Purge the Pog of ttf files that are no longer really there.

       -t "text", --text="text"
              Set a new default sample text. Eg, "This is an  ex-parrot".   Be
              sure to use the quotes.

       -s num, --size=num
              Set a new default point size.

       -n num, --number=num
              Set  a  new  default for how many fonts to view at one go. Don’t
              overdo this.

       -c folder --check=folder
              Check for bad fonts that crash  the  program.  It  will  recurse
              through     sub-folders.     This    will    build    a    file:
              ~/.fontypython/segfonts After using this tool you should be able
              to  browse  safely. (The reason it’s not done by default is that
              it’s very slow.)  NOTE: The fonts that  crash  the  program  are
              probably still perfectly good and can be used in other apps.

       -a folder Pog, --all=folder Pog
              Puts  all  fonts in this folder into the Pog. If the Pog already
              exists, it will add only *new* fonts, this means fonts  are  not
              repeated in that Pog.

       -A folder Pog, --all-recurse=folder Pog
              Puts  all  fonts  in  this folder and *all* sub-folders into the
              Pog. Rest same as -a.

       -z Pog, --zip=Pog
              All the fonts inside Pog will be zipped and the zipfile will  be
              named  after  the  Pog.  The  file will be placed in the current
              directory.

       --version
              Show program’s version number and exit.

       -h, --help
              Show help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

       Homepage: <https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fontypython>

AUTHOR

       fontypython was written by Donn.C.Ingle <donn.ingle@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was updated by Donn Ingle in  October  2009.   It  was
       originally written by Kartik Mistry <kartik@debian.org>, for the Debian
       project (but may be used by others).

                                  2009-09-28