# Install fonttools with Homebrew, apt, dnf, zypper Library for manipulating fonts. Version 4.63.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fonttools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fonttools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fonttools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fonttools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install python311-FontTools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python311-FontTools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fonttools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.63.0 - **Source summary:** Library for manipulating fonts - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-15T16:19:17Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fonttools (cli) - pyftmerge (cli) - pyftsubset (cli) - ttx (cli) - fonttools (alias) - pyftmerge (alias) - pyftsubset (alias) - ttx (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - libxslt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.63.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage fontTools is a Python library and command-line toolkit for manipulating fonts, best known for TTX, which converts TrueType and OpenType fonts to and from an XML representation. ### Project history The official developer documentation says fontTools was started by Just van Rossum in 1999 and maintained as an open-source project on SourceForge. In 2008, Paul Wise began helping with stability maintenance. In 2013, Behdad Esfahbod began a friendly fork, reviewing the codebase and adding features and support for new font formats. The modern README describes fontTools as a Python library for manipulating fonts with support for TrueType, OpenType, AFM, some Type 1 and Mac-specific formats, and the TTX tool for XML round-tripping. The current documentation presents it as a family of libraries and utilities for font engineering. ### Adoption history fontTools became a core Python package in font production because it exposes both library APIs and command-line tools. The docs list utilities such as `ttx`, `pyftsubset`, `pyftmerge`, and the `fonttools` meta-tool, plus modules for OpenType Layout, UFO, variable fonts, color fonts, subsetting, feature files, and more. The release tags show early `FontTools-1.0` and `FontTools-2.x` names alongside a long-running 4.x series. The README documents pip installation and optional extras, matching its role as both a developer dependency and a command-line package. ### How it is used Users install it with `pip install fonttools`, run `ttx` to dump and rebuild OpenType or TrueType fonts as XML, run `pyftsubset` to create smaller web or application fonts, and import modules such as `fontTools.ttLib` for programmatic font editing. ### Why package nerds care fontTools is package-nerd significant because it is the standard Swiss-army knife of Python font engineering. It shows up in build systems, webfont pipelines, variable-font workflows, distro QA, and one-off debugging because it can inspect, mutate, subset, merge, and serialize complex font formats from scripts. ### Timeline - 1999: Just van Rossum started fontTools. - 2008: Paul Wise began helping with stability maintenance. - 2013: Behdad Esfahbod began a friendly fork adding new features and format support. - 2020s: The 4.x series continued active releases and broad OpenType, variable-font, and subsetting work. - 2026: The NEWS file records 4.63.0 with support for Apple Color Emoji `bgcl` and Incremental Font Transfer tables. ### Related projects - fontTools is related to TTX, RoboFog-era font tooling, UFO libraries, OpenType Layout tooling, AFDKO feature workflows, variable-font build pipelines, and downstream tools that use `fontTools.ttLib`. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fonttools. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fonttools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - fonttools - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Executables) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - Debian apt - python-fonttools-doc - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python-fonttools-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Documentation) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - Debian apt - python3-fonttools - 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-fonttools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Python 3 Library) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - Ubuntu apt - fonttools - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fonttools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Executables) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - Ubuntu apt - python-fonttools-doc - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python-fonttools-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Documentation) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - Ubuntu apt - python3-fonttools - 4.46.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fonttools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Converts OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML (Python 3 Library) | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools - dnf - fonttools - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Tools to manipulate font files | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python 3 fonttools library | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+graphite - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+graphite from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: graphite extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+interpolatable - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+interpolatable from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: interpolatable extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+lxml - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+lxml from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: lxml extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+plot - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+plot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: plot extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+repacker - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+repacker from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: repacker extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+type1 - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+type1 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: type1 extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+ufo - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+ufo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: ufo extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ - dnf - python3-fonttools+unicode - 4.63.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-fonttools+unicode from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for python3-fonttools: unicode extras | https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - 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