sfddiff (1)

NAME

     sfddiff - compare or merge two of pfaedit's sfd font files

SYNOPSIS

     sfddiff [-merge outfile] [-ignorehints] [-version] [-help] sfdfile1
             sfdfile2

DESCRIPTION

     sfddiff Will compare two sfd files. It will notice
       1) if the two fonts have different encodings
       2) any characters present in one font but not in the other
       3) any characters present in both fonts but which have different sets
     of outlines or references.
       4) optionally will check if the hints are different.

     If the -merge flag is specified the following argument should be the name
     of an output file into which sfddiff will store a merged version of the
     two fonts. This will contain everything from sfdfile1 as well as any
     characters present in sfdfile2 but not in sfdfile1. For any characters
     with different outlines or references, the background of the the charac-
     ter will contain the splines from sfdfile2 (sadly references can not be
     placed in the background).

     If the -ignorehints flag is specified, then no hint differences will be
     reported.

     -help will provide a mini description and will list the available
     options.

     -usage will list the available options.

     -version will display the current version of sfddiff (a six digit string
     containing the date stamp of the source files).

SEE ALSO

     The pfaedit user manual, at http://pfaedit.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR

     George Williams

BSD                              March 9, 2002                             BSD