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 What is this?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 | fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. The
   project includes the TTX tool, that can convert TrueType and OpenType
   fonts to and from an XML text format, which is also called TTX. It
   supports TrueType, OpenType, AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some
   Mac-specific formats. The project has an `MIT open-source
   licence <LICENSE>`__.
 | Among other things this means you can use it free of charge.

 `User documentation <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ and
 `developer documentation <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer.html>`_
 are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.

 Installation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

 FontTools 4.x requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.6
 or later. FontTools 3.x requires Python 2.7 or later.

 **NOTE** From August 2019, until no later than January 1 2020, the support
 for *Python 2.7* will be limited to only critical bug fixes, and no new features
 will be added to the ``py27`` branch. You can read more `here <https://python3statement.org>`__
 and `here <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/765>`__ for the
 reasons behind this decision.

 The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can
 install it with `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`__:

 .. code:: sh

     pip install fonttools

 If you would like to contribute to its development, you can clone the
 repository from GitHub, install the package in 'editable' mode and
 modify the source code in place. We recommend creating a virtual
 environment, using `virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io>`__ or
 Python 3 `venv <https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>`__ module.

 .. code:: sh

     # download the source code to 'fonttools' folder
     git clone https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools.git
     cd fonttools

     # create new virtual environment called e.g. 'fonttools-venv', or anything you like
     python -m virtualenv fonttools-venv

     # source the `activate` shell script to enter the environment (Un*x); to exit, just type `deactivate`
     . fonttools-venv/bin/activate

     # to activate the virtual environment in Windows `cmd.exe`, do
     fonttools-venv\Scripts\activate.bat

     # install in 'editable' mode
     pip install -e .

 Optional Requirements
 ---------------------

 The ``fontTools`` package currently has no (required) external dependencies
 besides the modules included in the Python Standard Library.
 However, a few extra dependencies are required by some of its modules, which
 are needed to unlock optional features.
 The ``fonttools`` PyPI distribution also supports so-called "extras", i.e. a
 set of keywords that describe a group of additional dependencies, which can be
 used when installing via pip, or when specifying a requirement.
 For example:

 .. code:: sh

     pip install fonttools[ufo,lxml,woff,unicode]

 This command will install fonttools, as well as the optional dependencies that
 are required to unlock the extra features named "ufo", etc.

 - ``Lib/fontTools/misc/etree.py``

   The module exports a ElementTree-like API for reading/writing XML files, and
   allows to use as the backend either the built-in ``xml.etree`` module or
   `lxml <https://lxml.de>`__. The latter is preferred whenever present,
   as it is generally faster and more secure.

   *Extra:* ``lxml``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/ufoLib``

   Package for reading and writing UFO source files; it requires:

   * `fs <https://pypi.org/pypi/fs>`__: (aka ``pyfilesystem2``) filesystem
     abstraction layer.

   * `enum34 <https://pypi.org/pypi/enum34>`__: backport for the built-in ``enum``
     module (only required on Python < 3.4).

   *Extra:* ``ufo``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/woff2.py``

   Module to compress/decompress WOFF 2.0 web fonts; it requires:

   * `brotli <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Brotli>`__: Python bindings of
     the Brotli compression library.

   *Extra:* ``woff``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/sfnt.py``

   To better compress WOFF 1.0 web fonts, the following module can be used
   instead of the built-in ``zlib`` library:

   * `zopfli <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zopfli>`__: Python bindings of
     the Zopfli compression library.

   *Extra:* ``woff``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/unicode.py``

   To display the Unicode character names when dumping the ``cmap`` table
   with ``ttx`` we use the ``unicodedata`` module in the Standard Library.
   The version included in there varies between different Python versions.
   To use the latest available data, you can install:

   * `unicodedata2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unicodedata2>`__:
     ``unicodedata`` backport for Python 2.7 and 3.x updated to the latest
     Unicode version 12.0. Note this is not necessary if you use Python 3.8
     as the latter already comes with an up-to-date ``unicodedata``.

   *Extra:* ``unicode``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/varLib/interpolatable.py``

   Module for finding wrong contour/component order between different masters.
   It requires one of the following packages in order to solve the so-called
   "minimum weight perfect matching problem in bipartite graphs", or
   the Assignment problem:

   * `scipy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/scipy>`__: the Scientific Library
     for Python, which internally uses `NumPy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy>`__
     arrays and hence is very fast;
   * `munkres <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/munkres>`__: a pure-Python
     module that implements the Hungarian or Kuhn-Munkres algorithm.

   *Extra:* ``interpolatable``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/varLib/plot.py``

   Module for visualizing DesignSpaceDocument and resulting VariationModel.

   * `matplotlib <https://pypi.org/pypi/matplotlib>`__: 2D plotting library.

   *Extra:* ``plot``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/misc/symfont.py``

   Advanced module for symbolic font statistics analysis; it requires:

   * `sympy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sympy>`__: the Python library for
     symbolic mathematics.

   *Extra:* ``symfont``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/t1Lib.py``

   To get the file creator and type of Macintosh PostScript Type 1 fonts
   on Python 3 you need to install the following module, as the old ``MacOS``
   module is no longer included in Mac Python:

   * `xattr <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xattr>`__: Python wrapper for
     extended filesystem attributes (macOS platform only).

   *Extra:* ``type1``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/removeOverlaps.py``

   Simplify TrueType glyphs by merging overlapping contours and components.

   * `skia-pathops <https://pypi.python.org/pypy/skia-pathops>`__: Python
     bindings for the Skia library's PathOps module, performing boolean
     operations on paths (union, intersection, etc.).

   *Extra:* ``pathops``

 - ``Lib/fontTools/pens/cocoaPen.py`` and ``Lib/fontTools/pens/quartzPen.py``

   Pens for drawing glyphs with Cocoa ``NSBezierPath`` or ``CGPath`` require:

   * `PyObjC <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyobjc>`__: the bridge between
     Python and the Objective-C runtime (macOS platform only).

 - ``Lib/fontTools/pens/qtPen.py``

   Pen for drawing glyphs with Qt's ``QPainterPath``, requires:

   * `PyQt5 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyQt5>`__: Python bindings for
     the Qt cross platform UI and application toolkit.

 - ``Lib/fontTools/pens/reportLabPen.py``

   Pen to drawing glyphs as PNG images, requires:

   * `reportlab <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reportlab>`__: Python toolkit
     for generating PDFs and graphics.

 Acknowledgements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 In alphabetical order:

 Olivier Berten, Samyak Bhuta, Erik van Blokland, Petr van Blokland,
 Jelle Bosma, Sascha Brawer, Tom Byrer, Antonio Cavedoni, Frédéric
 Coiffier, Vincent Connare, David Corbett, Simon Cozens, Dave Crossland,
 Simon Daniels, Peter Dekkers, Behdad Esfahbod, Behnam Esfahbod, Hannes
 Famira, Sam Fishman, Matt Fontaine, Yannis Haralambous, Greg Hitchcock,
 Jeremie Hornus, Khaled Hosny, John Hudson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, Jack
 Jansen, Tom Kacvinsky, Jens Kutilek, Antoine Leca, Werner Lemberg, Tal
 Leming, Peter Lofting, Cosimo Lupo, Masaya Nakamura, Dave Opstad,
 Laurence Penney, Roozbeh Pournader, Garret Rieger, Read Roberts, Guido
 van Rossum, Just van Rossum, Andreas Seidel, Georg Seifert, Chris
 Simpkins, Miguel Sousa, Adam Twardoch, Adrien Tétar, Vitaly Volkov,
 Paul Wise.

 Copyrights
 ~~~~~~~~~~

 | Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Just van Rossum, LettError
   (just@letterror.com)
 | See `LICENSE <LICENSE>`__ for the full license.

 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com. All Rights Reserved.

 Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
 All Rights Reserved.

 Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam. All
 Rights Reserved.

 Have fun!

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	What is this?
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	\| fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. The
	project includes the TTX tool, that can convert TrueType and OpenType
	fonts to and from an XML text format, which is also called TTX. It
	supports TrueType, OpenType, AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some
	Mac-specific formats. The project has an `MIT open-source
	licence <LICENSE>`__.
	\| Among other things this means you can use it free of charge.

	`User documentation <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ and
	`developer documentation <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer.html>`_
	are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.

	Installation
	~~~~~~~~~~~~

	FontTools 4.x requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.6
	or later. FontTools 3.x requires Python 2.7 or later.

	NOTE From August 2019, until no later than January 1 2020, the support
	for Python 2.7 will be limited to only critical bug fixes, and no new features
	will be added to the ``py27`` branch. You can read more `here <https://python3statement.org>`__
	and `here <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/765>`__ for the
	reasons behind this decision.

	The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can
	install it with `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`__:

	.. code:: sh

	pip install fonttools

	If you would like to contribute to its development, you can clone the
	repository from GitHub, install the package in 'editable' mode and
	modify the source code in place. We recommend creating a virtual
	environment, using `virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io>`__ or
	Python 3 `venv <https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>`__ module.

	.. code:: sh

	# download the source code to 'fonttools' folder
	git clone https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools.git
	cd fonttools

	# create new virtual environment called e.g. 'fonttools-venv', or anything you like
	python -m virtualenv fonttools-venv

	# source the `activate` shell script to enter the environment (Un*x); to exit, just type `deactivate`
	. fonttools-venv/bin/activate

	# to activate the virtual environment in Windows `cmd.exe`, do
	fonttools-venv\Scripts\activate.bat

	# install in 'editable' mode
	pip install -e .

	Optional Requirements
	---------------------

	The ``fontTools`` package currently has no (required) external dependencies
	besides the modules included in the Python Standard Library.
	However, a few extra dependencies are required by some of its modules, which
	are needed to unlock optional features.
	The ``fonttools`` PyPI distribution also supports so-called "extras", i.e. a
	set of keywords that describe a group of additional dependencies, which can be
	used when installing via pip, or when specifying a requirement.
	For example:

	.. code:: sh

	pip install fonttools[ufo,lxml,woff,unicode]

	This command will install fonttools, as well as the optional dependencies that
	are required to unlock the extra features named "ufo", etc.

	- ``Lib/fontTools/misc/etree.py``

	The module exports a ElementTree-like API for reading/writing XML files, and
	allows to use as the backend either the built-in ``xml.etree`` module or
	`lxml <https://lxml.de>`__. The latter is preferred whenever present,
	as it is generally faster and more secure.

	Extra: ``lxml``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/ufoLib``

	Package for reading and writing UFO source files; it requires:

	* `fs <https://pypi.org/pypi/fs>`__: (aka ``pyfilesystem2``) filesystem
	abstraction layer.

	* `enum34 <https://pypi.org/pypi/enum34>`__: backport for the built-in ``enum``
	module (only required on Python < 3.4).

	Extra: ``ufo``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/woff2.py``

	Module to compress/decompress WOFF 2.0 web fonts; it requires:

	* `brotli <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Brotli>`__: Python bindings of
	the Brotli compression library.

	Extra: ``woff``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/sfnt.py``

	To better compress WOFF 1.0 web fonts, the following module can be used
	instead of the built-in ``zlib`` library:

	* `zopfli <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zopfli>`__: Python bindings of
	the Zopfli compression library.

	Extra: ``woff``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/unicode.py``

	To display the Unicode character names when dumping the ``cmap`` table
	with ``ttx`` we use the ``unicodedata`` module in the Standard Library.
	The version included in there varies between different Python versions.
	To use the latest available data, you can install:

	* `unicodedata2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unicodedata2>`__:
	``unicodedata`` backport for Python 2.7 and 3.x updated to the latest
	Unicode version 12.0. Note this is not necessary if you use Python 3.8
	as the latter already comes with an up-to-date ``unicodedata``.

	Extra: ``unicode``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/varLib/interpolatable.py``

	Module for finding wrong contour/component order between different masters.
	It requires one of the following packages in order to solve the so-called
	"minimum weight perfect matching problem in bipartite graphs", or
	the Assignment problem:

	* `scipy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/scipy>`__: the Scientific Library
	for Python, which internally uses `NumPy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy>`__
	arrays and hence is very fast;
	* `munkres <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/munkres>`__: a pure-Python
	module that implements the Hungarian or Kuhn-Munkres algorithm.

	Extra: ``interpolatable``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/varLib/plot.py``

	Module for visualizing DesignSpaceDocument and resulting VariationModel.

	* `matplotlib <https://pypi.org/pypi/matplotlib>`__: 2D plotting library.

	Extra: ``plot``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/misc/symfont.py``

	Advanced module for symbolic font statistics analysis; it requires:

	* `sympy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sympy>`__: the Python library for
	symbolic mathematics.

	Extra: ``symfont``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/t1Lib.py``

	To get the file creator and type of Macintosh PostScript Type 1 fonts
	on Python 3 you need to install the following module, as the old ``MacOS``
	module is no longer included in Mac Python:

	* `xattr <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xattr>`__: Python wrapper for
	extended filesystem attributes (macOS platform only).

	Extra: ``type1``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/ttLib/removeOverlaps.py``

	Simplify TrueType glyphs by merging overlapping contours and components.

	* `skia-pathops <https://pypi.python.org/pypy/skia-pathops>`__: Python
	bindings for the Skia library's PathOps module, performing boolean
	operations on paths (union, intersection, etc.).

	Extra: ``pathops``

	- ``Lib/fontTools/pens/cocoaPen.py`` and ``Lib/fontTools/pens/quartzPen.py``

	Pens for drawing glyphs with Cocoa ``NSBezierPath`` or ``CGPath`` require:

	* `PyObjC <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyobjc>`__: the bridge between
	Python and the Objective-C runtime (macOS platform only).

	- ``Lib/fontTools/pens/qtPen.py``

	Pen for drawing glyphs with Qt's ``QPainterPath``, requires:

	* `PyQt5 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyQt5>`__: Python bindings for
	the Qt cross platform UI and application toolkit.

	- ``Lib/fontTools/pens/reportLabPen.py``

	Pen to drawing glyphs as PNG images, requires:

	* `reportlab <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reportlab>`__: Python toolkit
	for generating PDFs and graphics.

	Acknowledgements
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	In alphabetical order:

	Olivier Berten, Samyak Bhuta, Erik van Blokland, Petr van Blokland,
	Jelle Bosma, Sascha Brawer, Tom Byrer, Antonio Cavedoni, Frédéric
	Coiffier, Vincent Connare, David Corbett, Simon Cozens, Dave Crossland,
	Simon Daniels, Peter Dekkers, Behdad Esfahbod, Behnam Esfahbod, Hannes
	Famira, Sam Fishman, Matt Fontaine, Yannis Haralambous, Greg Hitchcock,
	Jeremie Hornus, Khaled Hosny, John Hudson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, Jack
	Jansen, Tom Kacvinsky, Jens Kutilek, Antoine Leca, Werner Lemberg, Tal
	Leming, Peter Lofting, Cosimo Lupo, Masaya Nakamura, Dave Opstad,
	Laurence Penney, Roozbeh Pournader, Garret Rieger, Read Roberts, Guido
	van Rossum, Just van Rossum, Andreas Seidel, Georg Seifert, Chris
	Simpkins, Miguel Sousa, Adam Twardoch, Adrien Tétar, Vitaly Volkov,
	Paul Wise.

	Copyrights
	~~~~~~~~~~

	\| Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Just van Rossum, LettError
	(just@letterror.com)
	\| See `LICENSE <LICENSE>`__ for the full license.

	Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com. All Rights Reserved.

	Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
	All Rights Reserved.

	Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam. All
	Rights Reserved.

	Have fun!

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