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Py-dehinter
Jul 20, 2023
Remove TrueType instruction sets (hints) in fonts
dehinter is a Python command line application that removes TrueType instruction sets, global hinting tables, and other associated OpenType table data in font files.
What it does
- Removes OpenType glyf table instruction set bytecode data
- Removes OpenType and other TTF hinting related tables - cvt table - fpgm table
- hdmx table - LTSH table - prep table - TTFA table not part of the OpenType specification - VDMX table
- Removes OpenType cvar table from variable fonts
- Updates gasp table values
- Updates maxp table values
- Updates head table bit flags
- Displays file sizes of the hinted and dehinted versions of the fonts
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