Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paride Legovini <p...@ninthfloor.org>
* Package name : fontdiff Version : 0.2.3 Upstream Author : Sascha Brawer <sas...@brawer.ch> * URL : https://github.com/googlei18n/fontdiff * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: C++ Description : tool for finding visual differences between two font versions fontdiff is a utility for testing fonts. When you modify a TrueType or OpenType font, fontdiff generates a PDF showing the typeset text both before and after the change. You can use this PDF to easily review the changes and spot any errors caused by a font switch. . For every line in the text sample, the tool renders two raster images in high resolution. One image is typeset using the original font, and the second uses the new font. If there is any difference between these two high-resolution images (even if it’s just whitespace caused by kerning changes), the output PDF highlights the difference in color.fontdiff is a utility for testing fonts. When you modify a TrueType or OpenType font, fontdiff generates a PDF showing the typeset text both before and after the change. You can use this PDF to easily review the changes and spot any errors caused by a font switch. I plan to maintain this package within the Fonts packaging team. The package is useful as a standalone tool, but I plan to integrate it in the build process of fonts-hack as a QA step comparing the Debian built font to the upstream released one. The source is shipped with convenience copies of many third-party libraries. It will have to be repacked. Paride
