theonesud/fontds

Create an image dataset showcasing the font design. Font Source: fontsquirrel

Font image dataset

Contains scripts to scrape (non-offsite) free fonts from fontsquirrel.com and create a dataset of 1024x1024px images showcasing the font

Step-by-step process

1. download_fonts.py

Downloads fonts (.zip containing .ttf/.otf) into the fontfiles folder

python download_fonts.py --url https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/classification/sans%20serif --start 1 --end 2

Params

--url https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/classification/sans%20serif

Url of the page that has list of downloadable fonts

--start 1

Page number to start scraping from

--end 2

Last page number to scrape

2. unzip all .zip fontfiles

• open *zip (unarchiver mac)
• unzip '*.zip' (linux)

3. draw_fonts.py

Creates images (.jpg) for all fonts (or a single font) and saves it in the imgs folder

python draw_fonts.py

Optional param

--f fontfiles/OpenSans-Semibold.ttf

Creates image for only the requested font

Requirements

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 pillow tqdm

Why did I choose the word Hamburgefonstiv?

Because wikipedia.org/Hamburgevons

Font Licenses

Refer fontsquirrel.com/faq