# Installer fontforge avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de fontforge pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:fontforge ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fontforge ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fontforge ``` Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/fontforge/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fontforge ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontforge from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fontforge ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: fontforge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fontforge ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fontforge from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fontforge ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S fontforge ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: fontforge from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fontforge ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fontforge from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install fontforge ``` Preuve: Chocolatey community package catalog: fontforge from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='8.8696','genymotion' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/fontforge ``` Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fontforge.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id FontForge.FontForge -e ``` Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: FontForge.FontForge from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:fontforge - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Version:** 20251009 - **Résumé source:** Command-line outline and bitmap font editor/converter - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## exécutables - acorn2sfd (alias) - dewoff (alias) - findtable (alias) - fontforge (alias) - fontimage (alias) - fontlint (alias) - pcl2ttf (alias) - pfadecrypt (alias) - rmligamarks (alias) - sfddiff (alias) - showttf (alias) - stripttc (alias) - ttf2eps (alias) - woff (alias) ## Comportement d'installation - Bouteille: non disponible ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-03 - version du gestionnaire: 20251009 ## Historique du projet et usages FontForge is a free font editor and converter for creating, editing, inspecting, and converting outline and bitmap fonts across formats such as OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed fonts, and Multiple Master fonts. ### Historique du projet FontForge began as PfaEdit, written by George Williams after experiments with Unicode font work and PostScript font editing. The official history says the first web-posted version appeared on November 7, 2000, and that the project moved to SourceForge in April 2001. PfaEdit expanded quickly: support for pfb, TrueType, BDF, Type 2/OpenType-in-sfnt, CID-keyed fonts, internationalized user interfaces, OpenType GSUB/GPOS features, scripting, FreeType-backed debugging, SVG fonts, and Multiple Master support all arrived in the early 2000s. In March 2004, after users argued that `PfaEdit` no longer described the program, it was renamed FontForge. The current project is community-maintained. The README describes FontForge as free software for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux, and the documentation identifies copyright by George Williams for 2000-2012 and FontForge authors thereafter. ### Historique d'adoption FontForge grew from a personal editor into a community font-engineering tool because it handled many formats and exposed both a graphical interface and scripting. The official history highlights user requests and conference feedback as drivers for features such as SVG fonts, multi-master support, internationalization, and scripting. Its modern homepage presents downloads, documentation, development links, mailing-list help, and a GitHub organization, reflecting its transition from a SourceForge-era desktop application into a long-lived open-source typography project. ### Modes d'utilisation Users launch the FontForge GUI for visual font editing, or use bundled command-line utilities such as `fontforge`, `fontlint`, `sfddiff`, `fontimage`, and conversion helpers for automated inspection and conversion workflows. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent FontForge is package-nerd significant because it is both an application and a toolbox: distributions package it for desktop font designers, automated font QA, format conversion, and build pipelines that need scriptable font manipulation without proprietary editors. ### Chronologie - 2000: The first PfaEdit version was posted to the web on November 7. - 2001: PfaEdit moved to SourceForge and gained Type 2/OpenType-in-sfnt, CID-keyed font, and early internationalization support. - 2002: PfaEdit gained a scripting interface. - 2004: PfaEdit was renamed FontForge in March. - 2012: Copyright stewardship shifted from George Williams to the broader FontForge authors. - 2025: The official documentation identifies the 20251009 documentation release. ### Related projects - FontForge is related to FreeType, SourceForge-era PfaEdit, Design With FontForge, UFO workflows, OpenType/TrueType tooling, and the wider open-source type-design ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - ## Notes de sécurité broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Debian apt - fontforge - 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontforge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - fontforge-common - 1:20230101~dfsg-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor (common files) | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - fontforge-doc - 1:20230101~dfsg-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for fontforge | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - fontforge-extras - 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-extras from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor - extra programs | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - fontforge-nox - 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor - non-X version | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - libfontforge4 - 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfontforge4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor - runtime library | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Debian apt - python3-fontforge - 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-fontforge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | font editor - Python bindings | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Nix - fontforge: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - fontforge - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - fontforge-common - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor (common files) | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - fontforge-doc - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for fontforge | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - fontforge-extras - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-extras from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor - extra programs | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - fontforge-nox - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-nox from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor - non-X version | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - libfontforge4 - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontforge4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor - runtime library | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - Ubuntu apt - python3-fontforge - 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fontforge from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | font editor - Python bindings | https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ - apk - fontforge - 20251009-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontforge from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Free (libre) font editor (CLI tools) | https://fontforge.org/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fontforge.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fontforge.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph