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voltImportAnchors - Imports anchor definitions from XML (in TTFBuilder syntax) into a VOLT project.

SYNOPSIS

voltImportAnchors [-d] [-s] [-l alist.txt] in.ttf Anchors.xml out.ttf [out.vtp]

OPTIONS

-d  discard existing VOLT anchor definitions that are not updated.
-s  do not warn about existing VOLT anchor definitions that
    are not updated.
-l  specifies a file that identifies which anchors to import.

DESCRIPTION

Original VOLT project must be a .TTF file (.VTP files no longer supported) New anchor data, using TTFBuilder syntax, is read from Anchors.xml. A modified VOLT font project will be saved in out.ttf. If out.vtp is supplied, a copy of the modified VOLT source is saved there.

For the -l option, the file consist of a list of anchors to import which are listed on separate lines using the syntax:

xml-anchor-type-name [, [volt-anchor-name] [, [component-num]]]

A semicolon at start of line is a comment. For example:

; anchor list example. 
; XML anchor "vabove" will be imported directly
; "vbelow" will be renamed "BotCenter"
; "vbelow_2" will be renamed "BotCenter" but for component 2
vabove
vbelow,BotCenter
vbelow_2,BotCenter,2

If -l is not supplied, then all anchors will be imported and will be assumed to be for component 1 (no ligatures). (Note: the conversion between FontLab's convention of "_name" and VOLT's convention of "MARK_name" is automatic and should not be specified in a -l file).

SEE ALSO

ttfbuilder, make_volt