Author: [email protected] 15-Mar-2009 License: Derived from WebKit, so BSD/LGPL 2/LGPL 2.1.
this is a copy of the https://code.google.com/p/ttf2eot/ repository
Very quick commandline wrapper around OpenTypeUtilities.cpp from Chromium, used to make EOT (Embeddable Open Type) files from TTF (TrueType/OpenType Font) files. This is the format TTLoadEmbeddedFont() accepts, which is what Internet Explorer uses for css @font-face declarations.
I've only tested this on Linux.
EOT was documented by Microsoft here: http://www.w3.org/Submission/2008/SUBM-EOT-20080305/
TTLoadEmbeddedFont is described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145155(VS.85).aspx
To build:
$ make
To install:
$ make install
Usage:
$ ./ttf2eot < input.ttf > output.eot
First create the output file
$ ttf2eot < input.ttf > output.eot
If that worked, you can specify the file in your CSS.
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: "testing";
src: url("output.eot");
}
</style>
<div style="font-family: testing">
Hello, World!
</div>
Only IE understands this format, other browsers (Safari 3.x, Firefox 3.1.x, Chrome 2.x) are likely to adopt src: url("foo.ttf") format("truetype") instead.
You can use conditional comments to specify both formats, simply provide the font in both EOT and TTF format, then use conditional comments to make IE see the EOT version.
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: "testing";
src: url("output.ttf") format("truetype");
}
</style>
<!--[if IE]>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: "testing";
src: url("output.eot");
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<div style="font-family: testing">
Hello, Multiple Browser World!
</div>
This should work in IE6, IE7, IE8, Safari 3/4 and Firefox 3.1+
Note for Windows Users If you're a Windows user - this is probably not what you're looking for.
You will probably feel more comfortable using "WEFT", Microsoft's own utility for handling EOT. ttf2eot is primarily for UNIX users who want to make font embedding work for IE without using Microsoft software.
However, if you're certain you do wish to use ttf2eot, ~~a command line windows binary is provided.~~~ (sorry folks you have to compile as well) It is used like so:
C:\>ttf2eot.exe c:\windows\fonts\arial.ttf c:\output.eot
C:\>dir output.eot
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is E4EC-5386
Directory of C:\
30/04/2009 21:41 367,270 output.eot
1 File(s) 367,270 bytes
0 Dir(s) 51,782,295,552 bytes free
C:\>
Please note, It is unlikely the author will be able to help with Windows related questions.
Keywords for anyone having as much pain as me finding a utility to do this on Linux:
covert eot to ttf
eot converter
wtf is an eot file
TODO: MTX support?