# Install webfont with Homebrew Generator of fonts from SVG icons, with TTF encoding and WOFF/WOFF2 decoding. Version 12.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:webfont ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install webfont ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:webfont - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 12.4.1 - **Source summary:** Generator of fonts from SVG icons, with TTF encoding and WOFF/WOFF2 decoding - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T13:17:23Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - webfont (cli) - webfont (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 12.4.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://webfont.js.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage webfont is a Node.js and CLI tool for generating icon fonts from SVG files and for encoding or decompressing common web font formats. ### Project history The official repository describes webfont as a monorepo whose published npm package lives under packages/webfont. Its main pipelines cover SVG icon font generation, TTF encoding, and WOFF or WOFF2 decompression. The package metadata identifies the official Git repository as github.com/itgalaxy/webfont, with a CLI binary and MIT licensing. The current documentation site is webfont.js.org. ### Adoption history webfont fits into front-end build systems that turn SVG icon sets into browser font assets and optional CSS, SCSS, Stylus, HTML, or JSON templates. Homebrew packaging added a macOS and Linux CLI install path alongside npm, while the project documentation still recommends npm as the project dependency for library use. ### How it is used CLI use accepts input files or globs and options for output formats, destination directory, templates, font names, ligatures, unicode ranges, SVG diagnostics, and svgicons2svgfont parameters. Configuration can be supplied by a package.json webfont property, .webfontrc variants, webfont.config.js, or an explicit --config/configFile path; the API reports the resolved config file path after a run. ### Why package nerds care webfont matters to package users because it consolidates a common icon-font build pipeline into a single installable command instead of requiring gulp, grunt, or project-specific glue. It is also a good example of JavaScript package-manager culture crossing into system package managers: an npm build tool exposed as a Homebrew CLI for users who want the binary without wiring a Node project first. ### Timeline - 2026: Version 12.0.0 removed old Node.js support and expanded font conversion behavior. - 2026: Version 12.1.0 added TTF input encoding to WOFF and WOFF2, multiple templates per run, and SVG diagnostics-related features. - 2026: Version 12.4.0 added TTF to SVG font encoding. - 2026: Homebrew packaged webfont from the npm tarball for macOS and Linux CLI use. ### Related projects - Related projects named by the official README include webfont-webpack-plugin, svgicons2svgfont, svg2ttf, ttf2eot, ttf2woff, wawoff2, and fontTools. - The documentation also points users toward a custom Grunt recipe for legacy projects. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for webfont. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: package.json#webfont, .webfontrc, .webfontrc.json, .webfontrc.yaml, .webfontrc.js, webfont.config.js ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** webfont - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [webfont](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webfont/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: fonts, generator, icons, svg, ttf. - [fontmin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/fontmin/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: fonts, node, svg, ttf, webfont. - [svgtofont](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/svgtofont/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: fonts, svg, ttf, webfont, woff. - [webfont](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webfont/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/webfont.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/webfont.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph