DominusOfMegadeus

I just spent two hours trying to strip the annoying headers away from some fonts I downloaded, using python, terminal, and CotEditor. I don't know Python. I was not successful.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/40156630

I just spent two hours trying to strip the annoying headers away from some fonts I downloaded, using python, terminal, and CotEditor. I don't know Python. I was not successful. - sh.itjust.works

Lemmy

Jun 14, 2025 at 6:13pmWeb
Show threadonehundredJun 14, 2025
Preface; I probably cannot help you, just curious. Why did you want to strip the headers out?
Show threadDominusOfMegadeusJun 14, 2025
Because instead of the font showing in Font Book or Apple Pages as “IzmirNarrow-Bold” they were showing as “FONTSPRING DEMO - IzmirNarrow-Bold”
Show threadMyNameIsIgglePiggleJun 17, 2025
Surprised they werent just stored as strings you could edit in a hex editor or something, but then I know nothing about fonts
Show threadlwuy9v5Jun 14, 2025
Want help? Feel free to DM specifics and send the files
Show threadDominusOfMegadeusJun 14, 2025
Maybe? Either that or those two hours of my life back that I spent in Laser Focus lol.
Show threadgonzo-rand19Jun 15, 2025

You could try FontForge? It's FOSS/libre and cross-platform, if you care about that.

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge

GitHub - fontforge/fontforge: Free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux

Free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux - fontforge/fontforge

GitHub
Show threadDominusOfMegadeusJun 15, 2025
I have it, actually, but I’m not clear on how it would do this particular task?