How to Install and Uninstall googlefontdirectory-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "googlefontdirectory-tools" package

Learn how to install googlefontdirectory-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                googlefontdirectory-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "googlefontdirectory-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall googlefontdirectory-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the googlefontdirectory-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: googlefontdirectory-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 133
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 20120309.1-1.1
Depends: fontforge-extras, fontforge-nox | fontforge, fonttools, python-fontforge, python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/googlefontdirectory-tools/googlefontdirectory-tools_20120309.1-1.1_all.deb
Size: 23078
MD5sum: f4fda94f75df333455545efcadc9ae7d
SHA1: 2a831ff9354629cc93dec48c92593dc367b76499
SHA256: 81582296496b9837a3a9dd6bbbec22ee8827d0e5f299e8a3d6c36e6207c99028
Description-en: various tools for generating, analysing and manipulating font files
This package contains a collection of tools used by the Google Font Directory
to work with fonts.
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The package includes scripts to:
* Generate ttf and otf fonts from sfd source files
* Generate sfd source files from ttf and otf fonts
* Generate font files with a subset of characters
* Generate namelist files
* Convert otf elements to ttf equivalents
* Merge two font files into one
* Auto-set and analyse PREP hinting and hinting tables
* Setting GASP tables in font files
* Analyse bounding boxes
* Compare Unicode points and glyph names
Description-md5: 62a8a7bbea777b740b87d954d6ee0652
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu