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Bring out your fonts!

Fonty Python is a free, open-source font manager for GNU/Linux. It let's you browse folders for fonts and keep lists of them in easy-to-use collections for viewing and on-the-fly installation/uninstallation.

We aim to create a full-featured font manager to aid the work of designers working on the Linux desktop.

As of December 31, 2007 there is a new version (0.3.x) which is available now. It's fresh and new and more than likely full of bugs :)

The new version brings support for TTF, OTF, TTC (Truetype collections) and Type1 (PFA & PFB files), as well as a bunch of bug fixes. It's also localized now and speaks French and Italian (well, mostly). We invite people to translate the app.

The "stable" (but stale) release of Fonty Python is ''version 0.2.0'', released in 2006. I encourage you to go for the latest version instead - see below for the link.

Fonty Python is released under the GPLv2 and we welcome any contributions. To get in touch, leave us a message at our mailing list. Note: To submit tickets, register and login first. This helps us fight spam.

Recent News

I have been working hard to bring the new version out. You can keep track of FP and my other projects on my blog which is at: http://otherwiseingle.blogspot.com/

Features

Current features include:

  • View and manage TTF, OTF, TTC and Type1 (PFA & PFB and related metric files) fonts.
  • Localization - use Fonty in your own language. Full Unicode support.
  • View font files, whether or not they are installed on your system
  • Organize fonts into collections
  • Filter fonts to find the ones you need
  • One-click installation and uninstallation of font collections
  • Handy tool to mark fonts that tend to crash Fonty.

Release Info

  • Release (0.3.6) : Bug fixes and improvements. This version will be packaged for Debian/Ubuntu.
  • Release (0.3.4) : Better i18n and a font checking tool.
  • Release (0.3.3) : More bug fixes, a clear button and better Type1 support.
  • Release (0.3.1) : Minor fixes and Italian translation.
  • Release (0.3.0) : New font types supported and i18n.

Getting Fonty Python

Latest version: 0.3.6 To get the latest version (0.3.6 - untested) you can visit our original website: http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/fontypython/

Stable version: 0.2.0 To get a copy of the sources for Fonty Python, visit the Downloads page. Installation instructions are included in the source packages.

You can get the latest development version with anonymous access to the Subversion repository: 

svn co http://svn.fontypython.webfactional.com/trunk

Community

Note that to submit a ticket and/or changes to the documentation, you will have to register for this site. It is quick, easy, and helps us get development done without worrying about spam'''

Finding the Fonty Python community is easy - you've found it already! The following links will get you started:

Development

Fonty Python is an open-source project, released under the GPLv2 license. We welcome contributions and suggestions through our Trac issue tracker. Please see the Developer Documentation for more information about how you can contribute!

Site Documentation

For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.

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