FontForge

FontForge
	FontForge running under Arch Linux
Siat-kè	George Williams
Khai-hoat	Frank Trampe, Ben Martin, Adrien Tétar,; Khaled Hosny, Jeremy Tan
Goân-chho͘ ; pán-pún	Pang-bô͘:Release date and age
Ún-tēng ; pán-pún	20251009 / 2025 nîCha̍p-goe̍h nî; í-chêng
Pán-pún-khò͘	github.com/fontforge/fontforge ;
Gí-giân	C, C++
Lūi-hêng	Font editor
Siū-koân	Mix of GNU General Public License v3 and; BSD license
Bāng-chām	fontforge.org

FontForge sī tsi̍t-khuánn bián-huì khai-guân ê jī-thé pian-tsi̍p-khì (font editor) tsi-uān to-tsióng tiānn-tiānn iōng-ê jī-thé keh-sik. FontForge i tsú-iàu iû George Williams khai-huat, ti̍t-kàu 2012-nî. FontForge sī tsi̍t khuán tsū-iû nńg-thé, tshái-iōng GNU thong-iōng siū-kuân tē-3 pán (GPLv3) hām 3 tiâu-khuán BSD Siū-kuân ê hūn-ha̍p siū-kuân ê huat-pòo.^[2] FontForge i sik-iōng tī Linux, Windows^[3] í-ki̍p macOS^[4] tíng-tíng ê tsok-gia̍p hē-thóng; pīng-tshiánn í-king tī pún-tē-huà hong-bīn tshú-tik tsìn-tián, tsi-uān pau-kuat Se-pan-gâ-gú, Tiong-bûn, Lōo-se-a-gú, Suī-tián-gú, Hân-gú í-ki̍p Croatia-gú ê 21 tsióng gú-giân.^[5]

Uī-tio̍h tsū-tōng keh-sik tsuán-uānn kah kî-thann tiông-ho̍k sìng ê jīm-bū, FontForge si̍t-tsò nn̄g-tsióng kha-pún gú-giân (scripting languages): FontForge ka-kī ê gú-giân hām Python.^[6] FontForge ē-tàng thàu-kuè i-ê "tôo-hîng iōng-tsiá kài-bīn" (GUI) hām bīng-līng lia̍t ūn-hîng kha-pún (script); pīng-tshiánn ia̍h koh iōng Python bôo-tsoo (模組) ê hîng-sik thê-kiong i-ê kong-lîng, in-tshú ē-tàng tsíng-ha̍p kàu jīm-hô Python ê tîng-sik lāi-té.^[7]

FontForge tsi-uān Adobe ê OpenType kong-lîng tóng-àn kui-keh (pīng-tshiánn tuì i-ê kù-huat (syntax) tsìn-hîng khok-tshiong).^[8] FontForge mā tsi-uān hui kuann-hong ê Microsoft sòo-ha̍k pâi-pán khok-tshiong (MATH pió) ^[9], tsit ê khok-tshiong kong-lîng siōng-thâu-á sī uī-tio̍h Cambria Math ín-ji̍p ê; pīng-tshiánn siū-tio̍h Office 2007, XeTeX í-ki̍p LuaTeX ê tsi-uān. FontForge tang-tiong tsì-tsió khai-huat tsi̍t-ê bián-huì ê OpenType sòo-ha̍k jī-thé.

FontForge sú-iōng FreeType tī îng-bōo tíng-kuân lâi suàn-jiám (rendering) jī-thé (font).^[10] Uì 2008 nî 11 gue̍h 15 ji̍t huat-pòo í-lâi, FontForge sú-iōng libcairo hām libpango nńg-thé hâm-sik-khòo (software library) tsìn-hîng tôo-hîng hām bûn-jī suàn-jiám (rendering)^[11], tsiū-án-ne thê-kiong "hoán ba-lí-á (burry) tôo-hîng" (anti-aliased graphics) hām ho̍k-tsa̍p ê bûn-jī pòo-kio̍k tsi-uān.

FontForge ē-sái sú-iōng Potrace hi̍k-tsiá sī AutoTrace lâi tsū-tōng tui-tsong tiám-tīn-tôo (bitmap) ê iánn-siōng, pīng-tshiánn kā i su-ji̍p jī-thé (font) lāi-té.

LuaTeX "pâi-pán ia̋n-jín" (typesetting engine) sú-iōng FontForge ê pōo-hūn tîng-sik-bé (code) lâi tha̍k-tshú (reading) hām kái-sik (parsing) OpenType ê jī-thé (font).^[12]

FontForge guân-sí tîng-sik-bé (code) pau-hâm tsiânn-tsē si̍t-iōng ê tîng-sek (program); mā pau-kuat iōng tī hián-sī "2 tsìn-uī jī-thé tóng-àn" (binary font file) luē-iông ê "showttf", í-ki̍p WOFF tsuán-uānn-khì (converter) hām huán tsuán-uānn-khì.

Tsù-kái

↑ "FontForge October 2025 Release". 2025 nîCha̍p-goe̍h. 2025 nîCha̍p-it-goe̍h khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ fontforge (8 October 2021). "fontforge/LICENSE at master · fontforge/fontforge · GitHub". GitHub. goân-loē-iông tī 16 February 2019 hőng khó͘-pih. 27 February 2015 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ Gurdy Leete; Mary Leete (12 June 2007). Microsoft Expression Blend Bible. John Wiley & Sons. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-470-05503-8. goân-loē-iông tī 28 February 2023 hőng khó͘-pih. 6 August 2012 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ James, Daniel (2009-12-04). Crafting Digital Media: Audacity, Blender, Drupal, GIMP, Scribus, and other Open Source Tools (1 pán.). Berkeley, CA: Apress. p. 114. ISBN 978-1430218876.
↑ Jeremy Tan; iorsh; skef (19 January 2026). "FontForge translation project on Crowdin". 21 January 2026 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "Writing scripts to change fonts in FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2004-07-21 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "Writing python scripts to change fonts in FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-12-02 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "FontForge's implementation of Adobe's Feature File syntax". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-04-16 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "MATH typesetting information". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. 2007-08-04. goân-loē-iông tī 2007-08-28 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "Building FontForge from source". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-12-07 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "Change log for FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-07-23 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.
↑ "LuaTeX — Taco Hoekwater, July 24, TUG 2008" (PDF). goân-loē-iông (PDF) tī 2010-07-17 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

Tsham-ua̍t

Unified Font Object
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Metafont
MetaType1
Inkscape

Guā-pōo liân-kiat

Media related to Fontforge at Wikimedia Commons

Koaⁿ-hong bāng-chām
"I think the ideas behind it are beautiful in my mind": long interview with George Williams, July 8, 2007

[wikidata-ab26661f23a6b12cb5f02952180f451c3bc914ec-v3-1] "FontForge October 2025 Release". 2025 nîCha̍p-goe̍h. 2025 nîCha̍p-it-goe̍h khòaⁿ--ê.

[2] tforge (8 October 2021). "fontforge/LICENSE at master · fontforge/fontforge · GitHub". GitHub. goân-loē-iông tī 16 February 2019 hőng khó͘-pih. 27 February 2015 khòaⁿ--ê.

[3] Gurdy Leete; Mary Leete (12 June 2007). Microsoft Expression Blend Bible. John Wiley & Sons. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-470-05503-8. goân-loē-iông tī 28 February 2023 hőng khó͘-pih. 6 August 2012 khòaⁿ--ê.

[4] James, Daniel (2009-12-04). Crafting Digital Media: Audacity, Blender, Drupal, GIMP, Scribus, and other Open Source Tools (1 pán.). Berkeley, CA: Apress. p. 114. ISBN 978-1430218876.

[5] Jeremy Tan; iorsh; skef (19 January 2026). "FontForge translation project on Crowdin". 21 January 2026 khòaⁿ--ê.

[6] "Writing scripts to change fonts in FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2004-07-21 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[7] "Writing python scripts to change fonts in FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-12-02 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[8] "FontForge's implementation of Adobe's Feature File syntax". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-04-16 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[9] "MATH typesetting information". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. 2007-08-04. goân-loē-iông tī 2007-08-28 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[10] "Building FontForge from source". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-12-07 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[11] "Change log for FontForge". Fontforge.sourceforge.net. goân-loē-iông tī 2009-07-23 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

[12] "LuaTeX — Taco Hoekwater, July 24, TUG 2008" (PDF). goân-loē-iông (PDF) tī 2010-07-17 hőng khó͘-pih. 2009-11-09 khòaⁿ--ê.

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