1 ### What it is ? 2 3 Quoting from [TTX/FontTools Sourceforge Project](http://sourceforge.net/projects/fonttools/) 4 > a tool to convert OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML. FontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. It supports TrueType, OpenType, AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some Mac-specific formats. 5 6 ### Quick start 7 8 ```python setup.py install``` 9 10 From your command line type the above command to get fontools installed on your system. 11 12 ### Installation 13 14 See [install.txt](https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/blob/master/Doc/install.txt) in the 'Doc' subdirectory for instructions on how to build and install TTX/FontTools from the sources. 15 16 17 ### Documentation 18 19 #### What is TTX ? 20 21 See [documentation.html](https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/blob/master/Doc/documentation.html) in the "Doc" subdirectory for TTX usage instructions and information about the TTX file format. 22 23 ### Community 24 * https://groups.google.com/d/forum/fonttools 25 26 ### License 27 28 See "LICENSE.txt" for licensing information. 29 30 31 32 Have fun! 33 34 Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> 35
