# fontmin
**Minify font seamlessly**
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## Homepage
- [简体中文](http://ecomfe.github.io/fontmin/)
- [繁體中文](http://ecomfe.github.io/fontmin/tw)
- [日本語](http://ecomfe.github.io/fontmin/jp)
- [한국어](http://ecomfe.github.io/fontmin/kr)
- [English](http://ecomfe.github.io/fontmin/en)
## Install
```sh
$ npm install --save fontmin
```
## Usage
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.src('fonts/*.ttf')
.dest('build/fonts');
fontmin.run(function (err, files) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
console.log(files[0]);
// => { contents: }
});
```
You can use [gulp-rename](https://github.com/hparra/gulp-rename) to rename your files:
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var rename = require('gulp-rename');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.src('fonts/big.ttf')
.use(rename('small.ttf'));
```
## API
### new Fontmin()
Creates a new `Fontmin` instance.
### .src(file)
Type: `Array|Buffer|String`
Set the files to be optimized. Takes a buffer, glob string or an array of glob strings
as argument.
### .dest(folder)
Type: `String`
Set the destination folder to where your files will be written. If you don't set
any destination no files will be written.
### .use(plugin)
Type: `Function`
Add a `plugin` to the middleware stack.
### .run(cb)
Type: `Function`
Optimize your files with the given settings.
#### cb(err, files, stream)
The callback will return an array of vinyl files in `files` and a Readable/Writable
stream in `stream`
## Plugins
The following plugins are bundled with fontmin:
* [glyph](#glyph) — Compress ttf by glyph.
* [ttf2eot](#ttf2eot) — Convert ttf to eot.
* [ttf2woff](#ttf2woff) — Convert ttf to woff.
* [ttf2svg](#ttf2svg) — Convert ttf to svg.
* [css](#css) — Generate css from ttf, often used to make iconfont.
* [svg2ttf](#svg2ttf) — Convert font format svg to ttf.
* [svgs2ttf](#svgs2ttf) — Concat svg files to a ttf, just like css sprite.
* [otf2ttf](#otf2ttf) — Convert otf to ttf.
### .glyph()
Compress ttf by glyph.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.glyph({
text: '天地玄黄 宇宙洪荒',
hinting: false // keep ttf hint info (fpgm, prep, cvt). default = true
}));
```
### .ttf2eot()
Convert ttf to eot.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.ttf2eot());
```
### .ttf2woff()
Convert ttf to woff.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.ttf2woff({
deflate: true // deflate woff. default = false
}));
```
### .ttf2svg()
Convert ttf to svg.
you can use [imagemin-svgo](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-svgo) to compress svg:
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var svgo = require('imagemin-svgo');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.ttf2svg())
.use(svgo());
```
### .css()
Generate css from ttf, often used to make iconfont.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.css({
fontPath: './', // location of font file
base64: true, // inject base64 data:application/x-font-ttf; (gzip font with css).
// default = false
glyph: true, // generate class for each glyph. default = false
iconPrefix: 'my-icon', // class prefix, only work when glyph is `true`. default to "icon"
fontFamily: 'myfont', // custom fontFamily, default to filename or get from analysed ttf file
asFileName: false, // rewrite fontFamily as filename force. default = false
local: true // boolean to add local font. default = false
}));
```
Alternatively, a transform function can be passed as `fontFamily` option.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.use(Fontmin.css({
// ...
fontFamily: function(fontInfo, ttf) {
return "Transformed Font Family Name"
},
// ...
}));
```
### .svg2ttf()
Convert font format svg to ttf.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.src('font.svg')
.use(Fontmin.svg2ttf());
```
### .svgs2ttf()
Concat svg files to a ttf, just like css sprite.
awesome work with [css](#css) plugin:
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.src('svgs/*.svg')
.use(Fontmin.svgs2ttf('font.ttf', {fontName: 'iconfont'}))
.use(Fontmin.css({
glyph: true
}));
```
### .otf2ttf()
Convert otf to ttf.
```js
var Fontmin = require('fontmin');
var fontmin = new Fontmin()
.src('fonts/*.otf')
.use(Fontmin.otf2ttf());
```
## CLI
```bash
$ npm install -g fontmin
```
```sh
$ fontmin --help
Usage
$ fontmin [