# Installer fonttools avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de fonttools pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fonttools
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fonttools
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fonttools
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install fonttools
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install python313-FontTools
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-FontTools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:fonttools
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.63.0
- **Résumé source:** Library for manipulating fonts
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-15T16:19:17Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- fonttools (alias)
- pyftmerge (alias)
- pyftsubset (alias)
- ttx (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 4.63.0
## Historique du projet et usages

fontTools is a Python library and command-line toolkit for manipulating fonts, best known for TTX, which converts TrueType and OpenType fonts to and from an XML representation.

### Historique du projet

The official developer documentation says fontTools was started by Just van Rossum in 1999 and maintained as an open-source project on SourceForge. In 2008, Paul Wise began helping with stability maintenance. In 2013, Behdad Esfahbod began a friendly fork, reviewing the codebase and adding features and support for new font formats.

The modern README describes fontTools as a Python library for manipulating fonts with support for TrueType, OpenType, AFM, some Type 1 and Mac-specific formats, and the TTX tool for XML round-tripping. The current documentation presents it as a family of libraries and utilities for font engineering.

### Historique d'adoption

fontTools became a core Python package in font production because it exposes both library APIs and command-line tools. The docs list utilities such as `ttx`, `pyftsubset`, `pyftmerge`, and the `fonttools` meta-tool, plus modules for OpenType Layout, UFO, variable fonts, color fonts, subsetting, feature files, and more.

The release tags show early `FontTools-1.0` and `FontTools-2.x` names alongside a long-running 4.x series. The README documents pip installation and optional extras, matching its role as both a developer dependency and a command-line package.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users install it with `pip install fonttools`, run `ttx` to dump and rebuild OpenType or TrueType fonts as XML, run `pyftsubset` to create smaller web or application fonts, and import modules such as `fontTools.ttLib` for programmatic font editing.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

fontTools is package-nerd significant because it is the standard Swiss-army knife of Python font engineering. It shows up in build systems, webfont pipelines, variable-font workflows, distro QA, and one-off debugging because it can inspect, mutate, subset, merge, and serialize complex font formats from scripts.

### Chronologie

- 1999: Just van Rossum started fontTools.
- 2008: Paul Wise began helping with stability maintenance.
- 2013: Behdad Esfahbod began a friendly fork adding new features and format support.
- 2020s: The 4.x series continued active releases and broad OpenType, variable-font, and subsetting work.
- 2026: The NEWS file records 4.63.0 with support for Apple Color Emoji `bgcl` and Incremental Font Transfer tables.

### Related projects

- fontTools is related to TTX, RoboFog-era font tooling, UFO libraries, OpenType Layout tooling, AFDKO feature workflows, variable-font build pipelines, and downstream tools that use `fontTools.ttLib`.

### Sources

- <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fonttools/fonttools/main/Doc/source/developer.rst>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fonttools/fonttools/main/README.rst>


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour fonttools. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.


## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - fonttools - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Executables) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- Debian apt - python-fonttools-doc - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python-fonttools-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Documentation) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- Debian apt - python3-fonttools - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Python 3 Library) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- Ubuntu apt - fonttools - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fonttools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Executables) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- Ubuntu apt - python-fonttools-doc - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python-fonttools-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Documentation) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- Ubuntu apt - python3-fonttools - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fonttools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Python 3 Library) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
- dnf - fonttools - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tools to manipulate font files | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Python 3 fonttools library | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+graphite - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+graphite from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: graphite extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+interpolatable - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+interpolatable from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: interpolatable extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+lxml - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+lxml from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: lxml extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+plot - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+plot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: plot extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+repacker - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+repacker from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: repacker extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+symfont - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+symfont from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: symfont extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+type1 - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+type1 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: type1 extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/
- dnf - python3-fonttools+ufo - 4.63.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+ufo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: ufo extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fonttools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fonttools.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
