/usr/share/defoma/libhint-*.pl
Perl libraries which are prepared for each category. These are category-specific hints-generating program.
Generate font hints.
defoma-hints [-c]
[--no-question]
category
fonts ...
defoma-hints is a tool to help generating font hints. It asks various questions about the typeface of a font, reads information from a font file, and outputs the generated hints to STDOUT in a hintfile format.
-c
Force text interface, even if $DISPLAY is set.
--no-question
Accept default hint choice without prompting.
/usr/share/defoma/libhint-*.pl
Perl libraries which are prepared for each category. These are category-specific hints-generating program.
1. Create a hintfile named type1.hints for type1 fonts in /usr/share/fonts/type1.
defoma-hints --no-question type1 /usr/share/fonts/type1/*.pfb > type1.hints
5 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.
--no-question since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-c since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).