Section 1 · User commands

ftdiff.1

Package: freetype-devel

FTDIFF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS


NAME

ftdiff − compare font hinting modes

SYNOPSIS

ftdiff [options] *font *…

DESCRIPTION

ftdiff displays text in three columns, using the font or fonts given on the command line, and applies different FreeType hinting modes to each column.

fontThe font file(s) to display. For Type 1 font files, ftdiff also tries to attach the corresponding metrics file (with extension ‘.afm’ or ‘.pfm’).

This program is part of the FreeType demos package.

OPTIONS

**−w **wSet the window width to w pixels (default: 640px).
**−h **hSet the window height to h pixels (default: 480px).
**−r **rUse resolution r dpi (default: 72dpi).
**−s **sSet character size to s points (default: 16pt).

**−f **textfile

Change displayed text, using text in textfile (in UTF-8 encoding).

−vShow version.