nerd-fonts/bin/scripts/README.md

Contents

Note: Usually you need to call the scripts in this directory while actually being in this directory (i.e. pwd = .../nerd-fonts/bin/scripts).

• archive-font-patcher.sh: Archives the font patcher script and subscripts and the required source glyph files [1]
• archive-fonts.sh: Creates the release zip file of one or more font(s) from existing patched-fonts/ content [1]
• data/: Contains plain text files used to generate the CSS and cheat sheet files
• data/sankey/: Contains instructions on how to create the sankey glyph table manually [3]
• docker-entrypoint.sh: This script is packaged into the docker container and is usually used to start patching [2]
• fetch-archives.sh: Script to download the release zip archives [6]
• fpfix.py: Can be used to set isFixedPitch property in a font [x]
• generate-casks.sh: Generates cask files for fonts from data in archives/ [6]
• generate-css.sh: Generates the Nerd Fonts CCS, which can be used to access the glyphs on a web page, and the Cheat Sheet [1]
• generate-fontconfig.sh: Generates font configuration to enable use of unpatched fonts with Symbols Only Nerd Font [1]
• generate-font-image-previews.sh: Generates the preview images for nerdfonts.com (i.e. gh-pages) [3]
• generate-glyph-info-from-set.py: Generate the i_xxx.sh file from a glyph source (font) file, if the glyphs are named correctly [4]
• generate-original-source.py: Generate original-source.otf from single glyph svgs. [5]
• generate-webfonts.sh: Generate woff and woff2 font files from the SymbolsOnly font (for the gh-pages) [1]
• get-font-names-from-json.sh: Helper to setup the CI font matrix from data/fonts.json [1]
• gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh: Patch one or more fonts 'complete' with and without mono and with and without windows compat [1]
• Hack/: Special additional post patching script for Hack, invoked via Hack's config.cfg (not used when self-patching)
• lib/: See its own README
• name_parser/: Suite to set up sane Family and SubFamily names, used by font-patcher (on demand)
• optimize-original-source.sh: Run all icons in src/svgs through inkscape to simplify (remove nodes and edges) [5]
• release.sh: Rough process how a release is created, not used (see .github/workflows/release.yml)
• standardize-and-complete-readmes.sh [1]
• test-fonts.sh: Print-to-debug all glyphs we patch in [4]
• test-powerlines.sh: Print-to-debug powerline examples [4]
• tests.sh: Create some font usage gif movie? [x]
• update-all-contributors-website.py: Update the contributors page on nerdfonts.com (i.e. gh-pages) (Hardcoded paths!) [3]
• version-bump.sh: Change version number in all scripts on a new release [1]

[1] Used by CI (github release workflow) [2] Used by CI (github docker-release workflow) [3] To be used manually (sigh) [4] To be used manually [5] Used by CI (github packsvgs workflow) [6] Used by CI (github casks workflow) [x] Probably not used by anything