ttf2svg

ttf2svg is a very simple program I wrote to help me examine the vectors present in a TrueType file by exporting them as SVG paths. The program is poorly named in that it makes no attempt at performing a faithful conversion of the TrueType file to an SVG file. It will happily discard all data in the original font except for the vectors.

Download

The source code is available via the git tool using a URL very similar to the current page. More specifically, the following command can be used to obtain the source code:

git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/~cworth/ttf2svg

In the future, newer versions of the software (if any) can be obtained by running the following command in the directory that results from the "git clone" operation:

git pull

Usage

The program is about as simple as could be right now. Just provide it the filename of a TrueType font file on the command line and it will emit an SVG file on stdout. Typical usage would look like:

./ttf2svg file.ttf > file.svg

The SVG it currently generates won't be immediately useful for at least a couple of reasons:

1. It generates paths with empty "d" attributes
2. All the glyphs are output on top of each other, so it's just a cluttered mess if you view it without modifying it first.

Have fun, and let me know if you have any questions.