macOS
brew install ttfautohintlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install ttfautohintMacPorts ports tree · graphics/ttfautohint/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
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Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de ttfautohint pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install ttfautohintlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install ttfautohintMacPorts ports tree · graphics/ttfautohint/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
sudo apk add ttfautohintAlpine Linux edge package indexes · ttfautohint · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install ttfautohintDebian stable package indexes · ttfautohint · Source: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install ttfautohintFedora Rawhide package metadata · ttfautohint · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#ttfautohintnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tt/ttfautohint/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
aperçu
Auto-hinter for TrueType fonts
historique
ttfautohint is Werner Lemberg's FreeType-based TrueType auto-hinting library and command-line program, aimed especially at producing practical hinting for web fonts and other TrueType fonts without the cost of full manual hinting.
In package-manager culture it sits in the font-build-tool niche: a small, scriptable binary that turns font rendering quality, particularly on non-FreeType platforms, into a reproducible build step.
The official project page says the project started in 2010 after Dave Crossland suggested the idea, with Werner Lemberg able to begin development through financial support from the Google Web Fonts team. The project grew around FreeType's auto-hinting system, exposing it as libttfautohint plus the `ttfautohint` CLI and a GUI.
The project reached version 1.0 on 22 March 2014, after release-candidate work focused on memory management, symbol fonts, and improved GDI ClearType hinting. Later releases expanded script support and tuning controls, including Devanagari in 1.1, low-level fine-tuning in 1.2, many Indic and other scripts in 1.5 and 1.6, and a library install path in 1.8.1.
The 1.8.4 release in August 2021 added support for Hanifi Rohingya, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Medefaidrin, and Yezidi. The official page identifies 1.8.4 as the current version and points development at a public repo.or.cz git repository.
The project page frames ttfautohint as useful to type designers who need a first pass of TrueType hinting that can later be refined by hand. It also documents visual samples and font-family examples used to compare original hinting with ttfautohint output.
The supplied package facts show the tool packaged across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, MacPorts, and Nix, which matches its role as a build-time CLI dependency for font maintainers rather than a general end-user application.
The manual describes a C library that takes a TrueType font, removes existing bytecode instructions if present, and returns a new font whose glyphs are bytecode hinted using FreeType auto-hinting information. The distribution bundles both the CLI `ttfautohint` and `ttfautohintGUI`.
Typical package-nerd usage is to install the command with a package manager and run it as part of a font release pipeline, preserving the same hinting behavior across build hosts. The official page also notes dependencies on FreeType and HarfBuzz for building from source.
ttfautohint matters to package maintainers because fonts are often distributed as generated artifacts, and hinting can change the perceived quality of the output without changing the font's design. Having a packaged CLI keeps that step auditable and repeatable.
It is also a bridge package: it connects FreeType internals, HarfBuzz-era font tooling, GUI font editors, and web-font distribution into one command that package recipes can call.
posture de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
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exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ttfautohint | exécutable | exécutable indexé | Découvert depuis l'index local des exécutables. |
fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:ttfautohint |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.8.4 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page d'accueil | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/ |
| Bouteille | non enregistré |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
libttfautohint-dev 1.8.4-2+b1
Automatic font hinter - development files
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install libttfautohint-devlibttfautohint1t64 1.8.4-2+b1
Automatic font hinter - library
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install libttfautohint1t64ttfautohint 1.8.4-2+b1
Automatic font hinter
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install ttfautohintttfautohint
nix profile install nixpkgs#ttfautohintlibttfautohint-dev 1.8.4-1.1build2
Automatic font hinter - development files
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install libttfautohint-devlibttfautohint1t64 1.8.4-1.1build2
Automatic font hinter - library
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install libttfautohint1t64ttfautohint 1.8.4-1.1build2
Automatic font hinter
https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apt install ttfautohintttfautohint 1.8.4-r0
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts
https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apk add ttfautohintttfautohint-dev 1.8.4-r0
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (development files)
https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apk add ttfautohint-devttfautohint-doc 1.8.4-r0
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (documentation)
https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apk add ttfautohint-docttfautohint-gui 1.8.4-r0
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (Qt GUI)
https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apk add ttfautohint-guittfautohint-libs 1.8.4-r0
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (libraries)
https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
sudo apk add ttfautohint-libsttfautohint 1.8.4-13.fc45
Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts
http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
sudo dnf install ttfautohintttfautohint-devel 1.8.4-13.fc45
Development files for ttfautohint-libs
http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
sudo dnf install ttfautohint-develttfautohint-gui 1.8.4-13.fc45
GUI for ttfautohint based on Qt
http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
sudo dnf install ttfautohint-guittfautohint-libs 1.8.4-13.fc45
Library for ttfautohint
http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
sudo dnf install ttfautohint-libspiste source
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