NAME

make_fea - Create GDL from a TrueType Font

SYNOPSIS

make_fea [-a file] [-i file] [-l type [-s num]] [-n num] [-z bitfield]
         infile outfile
make_fea -h
Creates font specific AFDKO fea source file from a font and optional attachment point database

OPTIONS

-a file       Attachment point database
-c classfile  xml file of class and property information to merge in
--classproperties
              specifies whether classes are made for property values in
              the classfile
-e file       A file containing names (1 per line) of glyphs that are 
              known to have no outline (thus shouldn't generate warnings). 
-h            print manpage
-i file       add #include statement at end of file
-l type       type =
                  first - class name is first code, contents other codes
                  last  - class name is last code, contents other codes
                  firstcomp - treat extensions as part of elements, as first
                  lastcomp - treat extensions as part of elements, as last
-m "list"     List of APs to ignore when deciding whether a glyph is a mark
-o "list"     List of AP names to omit
-r            Rename point names such that final M gets initial _ and final S
              is removed. Typically for Fontographer fonts.
-z bitfield   Bitfield of various controls:
                  0 - use component properties to set ligature bounding boxes
                  1 - normalise even if presentation is only references
                  2 - use postscript names in glyph definitions

SEE ALSO

ttfbuilder, make_gdl

AUTHOR

Martin Hosken http://scripts.sil.org/FontUtils. (see CONTRIBUTORS for other authors).

LICENSING

Copyright (c) 1998-2014, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)

This script is released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.