The OpenType Font Rebuilder, Powered by fontTools
This is a quick tool to resolve naming, styling and mapping issues
among OpenType fonts. Without any options given, it scans and
maintains the metedata consistency among font tables; with a simple
but powerful configuration file, all intricate data fields
between font tables such as name, head, OS/2 can be
automatically generated without compromising platform-specific
compatibility. It also supplies extra useful functionalities
to simplify multilingual OpenType font packaging workflow.
TrueType and OpenType fonts are both supported. Output files are always created with different names, so an existing file is never overwritten.
Usage
otrebuild [options] <inputFont>
Available Options
-o <outputFont>: Specify the output font file.
-c <configTOML>: Specify the configuration file. It is an
TOML-format text file and it must be UTF-8 encoded.
--UPM <targetUPM>: Change a TrueType font's units-per-em value.
The entire font will be rescaled to adapt the new UPM value.
A typical UPM for TrueType font is 2048, and for CFF-based
font is 1000. UPM > 5000 will cause problems in Adobe apps
such as InDesign and Illustrator. MATH table is currently
not supported; please rebuild it after application.
--otf2ttf: For CFF-based font only. Convert a CFF-based font
into a TrueType-outline font. Glyph bounding boxes and
min/max values will be automatically recalculated. This
option would be ignored if a TrueType font is specified.
--macOffice: Add standard weight strings onto Mac English
subfamily and remove legacy Macintosh Roman character
mapping in order to obtain maximum compatibilities with
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. ONLY enable this option when
one or more subfamilies are missing from Mac Office 2011's
font menu or characters outside Mac Roman are unavailable on
Mac Office 2011. DO NOT USE for later Mac Office versions
nor Windows Office releases.
--refresh: Re-compile all font tables.
--recalculate: Recalculate glyph bounding boxes, min/max values
and Unicode ranges.
--removeGlyphNames: Remove all glyph names for release.
--removeBitmap: For TrueType fonts only. Remove bitmap data. It
would be ignored if CFF-based font is specified.
--removeHinting: For TrueType fonts only. Remove hinting/gridfit
data. This is designed for ill-hinted fonts. Use it with
caution when processing professional gridfitted fonts. It
would be ignored if CFF-based font is specified.
--smoothRendering: For TrueType fonts only. Smooth screen
rendering on Windows 10 RTM or later without removing
hinting/gridfit information. It would be ignored if
CFF-based font is specified.
--rebuildMapping: Regenerate character mappings of the font.
--allowUpgrade: Allow upgrading OS/2 table when advanced
features are specified in the given configuration file.
--dummySignature: Some apps such as Microsoft Office require a
valid digital signature in order to enable advanced OpenType
features. This option can forge an empty but valid DSIG
placeholder.
--O1: Mild optimization, as a shortcut to --smoothRendering,
--allowUpgrade, and --dummySignature.
--O2: Typical optimization, as a shortcut to --recalculate,
--smoothRendering, --rebuildMapping, --allowUpgrade,
and --dummySignature.
--O3: Comprehensive optimization for release, as a shortcut to
--refresh, --recalculate, --removeBitmap, --removeHinting,
--rebuildMapping, --allowUpgrade, and --dummySignature.
** Windows legacy symbol fonts are currently not supported.
** Variable fonts are currently not supported.