How To Install fonttools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools in Fedora 36. fonttools is Tools to manipulate font files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools on Fedora 36.

What is `fonttools`

fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. The project includes the TTX tool, that can convert TrueType and OpenType fonts to and from an XML text format, which is also called TTX. It supports TrueType, OpenType, AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some Mac-specific formats.

We can use yum or dnf to install fonttools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fonttools.

Install fonttools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fonttools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fonttools

Install fonttools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fonttools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fonttools

How To Uninstall fonttools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fonttools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fonttools

fonttools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fonttools
/usr/bin/pyftmerge
/usr/bin/pyftsubset
/usr/bin/ttx
/usr/share/man/man1/ttx.1.gz

References

fonttools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).