Punchcutter

Build web fonts, glyphs and sprites.

Installation

Ubuntu 18

1. Install system dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install fontforge g++ graphicsmagick pngquant ttfautohint

2. Install Node 18.x:

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.8/install.sh | bash
   source ~/.bashrc
   nvm install v18.16.0
   nvm alias default v18.16.0

OS X

1. Install system dependencies:

   brew install fontforge
   brew install gcc48 --enable-cxx
   brew install graphicsmagick
   brew install pngquant
   brew install ttfautohint --with-qt

2. Install Node 18.x:

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.8/install.sh | bash
   source ~/.bashrc
   nvm install v18.16.0
   nvm alias default v18.16.0

Usage

Web fonts

See examples/web-font.js. Run the example: cd examples && node web-font.js

SVG and PNG glyphs

See examples/glyph.js. Run the example: cd examples && node glyph.js

JS font

See examples/js-font.js. Run the example: cd examples && node js-font.js

PNG sprite

See examples/png-sprite.js. Run the example: cd examples && node png-sprite.js

SVG sprite

See examples/svg-sprite.js. Run the example: cd examples && node svg-sprite.js

Credit

Test font: Ionicons (MIT license)

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Hein Bekker. Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.