how to convert truetypefont file to svg in python

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I need to convert some ttf file to svg file I know I can use fontforge by script,but I wish I can do this in python I assume there is some protocols of the ttf file so I can parser it from binary to human readable svg,but I couldn't find the protocol any where(I use bing searched) Is there is some way I can do this?The protocol or a already made python lib would be ok

did u find the solution for this using pure python? – Ammar Ul Hassan Oct 26 '17 at 08:04 — Ammar Ul Hassan, Oct 26 '17 at 08:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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I found a similar question for the command-line: Command-line tool for converting TTF/OTF fonts to SVG You could simply call it in a subprocess.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered Apr 26 '17 at 14:15

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As I said,I know I can use fontforge,I wish to find a pure python way to do this – Tarjintor Apr 27 '17 at 03:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '23 at 16:43

Since this can be done with FontForge, you can simply use the fontforge library in Python. It can be installed using this command in Linux: (idk how to install it on other OSes)

sudo apt-get install python3-fontforge

Then, in pure Python:

import fontforge

def ttf2svg(i,o):
    font = fontforge.open(i)
    font.generate(o)
    font.close()

After this, just call the function like this:

ttf2svg([input filename], [output_filename])

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