opentype font info
when typesetting documents using opentype fonts, it is often necessary to check what scripts and languages are included in an opentype font file; there are two tex tools that can do this job;
otfinfo
otfinfo
is a command line tool to report opentype font information;
it can be installed via (on fedora):
$ dnf install texlive-lcdftypetools
to report scripts and languages in an opentype file:
$ otfinfo -s {.ttf}
for example:
$ otfinfo -s Amiri-Regular.ttf
DFLT Default
arab Arabic
arab.SND Arabic/Sindhi
arab.URD Arabic/Urdu
latn Latin
latn.TRK Latin/Turkish
it can also report font features;
for example:
$ otfinfo --script=arab.URD -f Amiri-Regular.ttf
calt Contextual Alternates
...
ss06 Stylistic Set 6
opentype-info.tex
opentype-info.tex
is a .tex
file that, when compiled, reports opentype font
information in the generated .pdf
file;
it can be installed via (on fedora):
$ dnf install texlive-xetexfontinfo
then its path can be found via:
$ kpsewhich opentype-info.tex
to report font info, make a copy of this file and edit font name therein:
% Select the font name:
\def\myfontname{Amiri}
then compile it using xetex
:
$ xetex opentype-info.tex
this generates opentype-info.pdf
with content:
OpenType Layout features found in ‘Amiri’
script = ’DFLT’
language = ⟨default⟩
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’ ’rtlm’
’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’ ’curs’ ’kern’ ’mark’ ’mkmk’ ’ss05’
script = ’arab’
language = ’SND ’
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’locl’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’
’rtlm’ ’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’
language = ’URD ’
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’locl’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’
’rtlm’ ’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’
language = ⟨default⟩
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’locl’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’
’rtlm’ ’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’ ’curs’ ’kern’ ’mark’ ’mkmk’
’ss05’
script = ’latn’
language = ’TRK ’
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’locl’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’
’rtlm’ ’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’
language = ⟨default⟩
features = ’calt’ ’ccmp’ ’dnom’ ’fina’ ’init’ ’liga’ ’medi’ ’numr’ ’pnum’ ’rlig’ ’rtlm’
’ss01’ ’ss02’ ’ss03’ ’ss04’ ’ss05’ ’ss06’ ’kern’ ’mark’ ’ss05’
font information shown here matches what reported by otfinfo
;