# Installer ttfautohint avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

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

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ttfautohint
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ttfautohint
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ttfautohint
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ttfautohint/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ttfautohint
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ttfautohint
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ttfautohint
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ttfautohint 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#ttfautohint
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tt/ttfautohint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:ttfautohint
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.8.4
- **Résumé source:** Auto-hinter for TrueType fonts
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- ttfautohint (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 1.8.4
## Historique du projet et usages

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.

### Historique du projet

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.

### Historique d'adoption

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.

### Modes d'utilisation

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.

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

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.

### Chronologie

- 2010: Project started after Dave Crossland suggested the idea, with support from Google Web Fonts.
- 2014: Version 1.0 released with improved GDI ClearType hinting.
- 2016: Version 1.6 added reference-file blue zones and many new script supports.
- 2018: Version 1.8.1 added natural stem mode, manual stem overrides, and library installation.
- 2021: Version 1.8.4 released with additional script support.

### Related projects

- FreeType provides the auto-hinting system that ttfautohint builds on.
- HarfBuzz is listed by the official download notes as a build prerequisite.
- FontForge, ttx, Visual TrueType, and FontLab appear in the official discussion as adjacent tools for inspecting, editing, or refining font hints.

### Sources

- <https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/doc/ttfautohint.html>
- <https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/index.html>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - libttfautohint-dev - 1.8.4-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libttfautohint-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Automatic font hinter - development files | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- Debian apt - libttfautohint1t64 - 1.8.4-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libttfautohint1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Automatic font hinter - library | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- Debian apt - ttfautohint - 1.8.4-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ttfautohint from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Automatic font hinter | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- Nix - ttfautohint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tt/ttfautohint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libttfautohint-dev - 1.8.4-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libttfautohint-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Automatic font hinter - development files | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- Ubuntu apt - libttfautohint1t64 - 1.8.4-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libttfautohint1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Automatic font hinter - library | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- Ubuntu apt - ttfautohint - 1.8.4-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ttfautohint from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Automatic font hinter | https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- apk - ttfautohint - 1.8.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts | https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- apk - ttfautohint-dev - 1.8.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (development files) | https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- apk - ttfautohint-doc - 1.8.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (documentation) | https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- apk - ttfautohint-gui - 1.8.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint-gui from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (Qt GUI) | https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- apk - ttfautohint-libs - 1.8.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ttfautohint-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts (libraries) | https://freetype.org/ttfautohint/
- dnf - ttfautohint - 1.8.4-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ttfautohint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts | http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
- dnf - ttfautohint-devel - 1.8.4-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ttfautohint-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ttfautohint-libs | http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
- dnf - ttfautohint-gui - 1.8.4-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ttfautohint-gui from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GUI for ttfautohint based on Qt | http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
- dnf - ttfautohint-libs - 1.8.4-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ttfautohint-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for ttfautohint | http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint


## Combined YAML source

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