TTFunk is a TrueType font parser written in pure ruby.

Installation¶ ↑

The recommended installation method is via Rubygems.

gem install ttfunk

Usage¶ ↑

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.

Maintainers¶ ↑

• Brad Ediger

• Daniel Nelson

• Jonathan Greenberg

• James Healy

Licensing¶ ↑

Matz’s terms for Ruby, GPLv2, or GPLv3. See LICENSING for details.

Mailing List¶ ↑

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

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

groups.google.com/group/prawn-ruby