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fonttools — Manipulate fonts in Python. More information: <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>.

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Problem

How to use the fonttools command: Manipulate fonts in Python. More information: <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>.

Solution

fonttools — Manipulate fonts in Python. More information: <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>.

Subset a TTF font file to the Basic Latin Unicode block:

fonttools subset {{path/to/font.ttf}} --unicodes=U+0000-007F

Display help:

fonttools --help

Code Snippets

Subset a TTF font file to the Basic Latin Unicode block

fonttools subset {{path/to/font.ttf}} --unicodes=U+0000-007F

Display help

fonttools --help

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