TTFunk

TTFunk is a TrueType and OpenType font library written in pure ruby. It supports both parsing and encoding of fonts. Also provides limited font subsetting.

The recommended installation method is via Rubygems.

gem install ttfunk

Basic usage:

require 'ttfunk'

file = TTFunk::File.open("some/path/myfont.ttf")
puts "name    : #{file.name.font_name.join(', ')}"
puts "ascent  : #{file.ascent}"
puts "descent : #{file.descent}"

For more detailed examples, explore the examples directory.

Matz's terms for Ruby, GPLv2, or GPLv3. See LICENSE for details.

This project is maintained by the same folks who run the Prawn PDF project.

Here's the full list of Github users who have at least one patch accepted to TTFunk.

TTFunk is maintained as a dependency of Prawn, the ruby PDF generation library.

Any questions or feedback should be sent to the Prawn Diccussions group.