fontinfo.plist
File Format | XML Property List |
This file contains information about the font itself, such as naming and dimensions. This file is optional. Not all values are required for a proper file.
Bit Numbers
Throughout this specification are references to “bit numbers.” These are lists of integers that correspond to the bits that should be set for particular fields in the referenced font specifications. Consider this example from a fictional font specification:
type | name | description |
---|---|---|
USHORT | foo | Bit 0: Left Bit 1: Right Bit 2: Up Bit 3: Down |
Translated to the structure used in this specification would be:
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
fictionalFontSpecFoo | list | A list of bit numbers indicating the bits that should be set in foo . The bit numbers are listed in the fictional font specification. Corresponds to the foo field. |
In a fontinfo.plist file, to indicate “left” and “up” the data would look like this:
<key>fictionalFontSpecFoo</key>
<array>
<integer>0</integer>
<integer>2</integer>
</array>
Specification
Generic Identification Information
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
familyName | string | Family name. Note: The specification is agnostic about how this value relates to openTypeNamePreferredFamilyName . |
styleName | string | Style name. Note: The specification is agnostic about how this value relates to openTypeNamePreferredSubfamilyName . |
styleMapFamilyName | string | Family name used for bold, italic and bold italic style mapping. |
styleMapStyleName | string | Style map style. The possible values are regular, italic, bold and bold italic. These are case sensitive. |
versionMajor | integer | Major version. |
versionMinor | non-negative integer | Minor version. |
year | integer | The year the font was created. This attribute is deprecated as of version 2. Its presence should not be relied upon by authoring tools. However, it may occur in a font’s info so authoring tools should preserve it if present. |
Generic Legal Information
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
copyright | string | Copyright statement. |
trademark | string | Trademark statement. |
Generic Dimension Information
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
unitsPerEm | non-negative integer or float | Units per em. |
descender | integer or float | Descender value. Note: The specification is agnostic about the relationship to the more specific vertical metric values. |
xHeight | integer or float | x-height value. |
capHeight | integer or float | Cap height value. |
ascender | integer or float | Ascender value. Note: The specification is agnostic about the relationship to the more specific vertical metric values. |
italicAngle | integer or float | Italic angle. This must be an angle in counter-clockwise degrees from the vertical. |
Generic Miscellaneous Information
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
note | string | Arbitrary note about the font. |
OpenType gasp Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeGaspRangeRecords | list | A list of gasp Range Records. These must be sorted in ascending order based on the rangeMaxPPEM value of the record. |
gasp Range Record Format
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
rangeMaxPPEM | non-negative integer | The upper limit of the range, in PPEM. If any records are in the list, the final record should use 65535 (0xFFFF) as defined in the OpenType gasp specification. Corresponds to the rangeMaxPPEM field of the GASPRANGE record in the OpenType gasp table. |
rangeGaspBehavior | list | A list of bit numbers indicating the flags to be set. The bit numbers are defined below. Corresponds to the rangeGaspBehavior field of the GASPRANGE record in the OpenType gasp table. |
rangeGaspBehavior Bits
The following bit numbers correspond to the matching bits in the OpenType gasp specification listed in the description column.
value | description |
---|---|
0 | GASP_GRIDFIT (0x0001) |
1 | GASP_DOGRAY (0x0002) |
2 | GASP_SYMMETRIC_GRIDFIT (0x0004) |
3 | GASP_SYMMETRIC_SMOOTHING (0x0008) |
Notes
The OpenType gasp table specification.
OpenType head Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeHeadCreated | string | Creation date. Expressed as a string of the format “YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS”. “YYYY/MM/DD” is year/month/day. The month must be in the range 1-12 and the day must be in the range 1-end of month. “HH:MM:SS” is hour:minute:second. The hour must be in the range 0:23. The minute and second must each be in the range 0-59. The timezone is UTC. |
openTypeHeadLowestRecPPEM | non-negative integer | Smallest readable size in pixels. Corresponds to the OpenType head table lowestRecPPEM field. |
openTypeHeadFlags | list | A list of bit numbers indicating the flags. The bit numbers are listed in the OpenType head specification. Corresponds to the OpenType head table flags field. |
Notes
The OpenType head table specification.
fontRevision
can be derived from the genericversionMajor
andversionMinor
attributes.checkSumAdjustment
should be calculated by the authoring tool.magicNumber
should be set by the authoring tool.unitsPerEm
is found at the genericunitsPerEm
attribute.created
can be calculated by subtracting the 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1904 (as specified in the head table documentation) from the date stored atopenTypeHeadCreated
.modified
should be set by the authoring tool.xMin, yMin, xMax
andyMax
should be calculated by the authoring tool.macStyle
can be derived from the genericstyleMapStyleName
attribute.indexToLocFormat
should be set by the authoring tool.glyphDataFormat
should be set by the authoring tool.
OpenType hhea Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeHheaAscender | integer | Ascender value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table Ascender field. |
openTypeHheaDescender | integer | Descender value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table Descender field. |
openTypeHheaLineGap | integer | Line gap value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table LineGap field. |
openTypeHheaCaretSlopeRise | integer | Caret slope rise value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table caretSlopeRise field. |
openTypeHheaCaretSlopeRun | integer | Caret slope run value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table caretSlopeRun field. |
openTypeHheaCaretOffset | integer | Caret offset value. Corresponds to the OpenType hhea table caretOffset field. |
Notes
The OpenType hhea table specification
advanceWidthMax
should be calculated by the authoring tool.minLeftSideBearing
should be calculated by the authoring tool.minRightSideBearing
should be calculated by the authoring tool.xMaxExtent
should be calculated by the authoring tool.metricDataFormat
should be set by the authoring tool.numberOfHMetrics
should be calculated by the authoring tool.
OpenType Name Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeNameDesigner | string | Designer name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 9. |
openTypeNameDesignerURL | string | URL for the designer. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 12. |
openTypeNameManufacturer | string | Manufacturer name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 8. |
openTypeNameManufacturerURL | string | Manufacturer URL. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 11. |
openTypeNameLicense | string | License text. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 13. |
openTypeNameLicenseURL | string | URL for the license. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 14. |
openTypeNameVersion | string | Version string. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 5. |
openTypeNameUniqueID | string | Unique ID string. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 3. |
openTypeNameDescription | string | Description of the font. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 10. |
openTypeNamePreferredFamilyName | string | Preferred family name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 16. |
openTypeNamePreferredSubfamilyName | string | Preferred subfamily name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 17. |
openTypeNameCompatibleFullName | string | Compatible full name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 18. |
openTypeNameSampleText | string | Sample text. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 19. |
openTypeNameWWSFamilyName | string | WWS family name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 21. |
openTypeNameWWSSubfamilyName | string | WWS Subfamily name. Corresponds to the OpenType name table name ID 22. |
openTypeNameRecords | list | A list of name records. This name record storage area is intended for records that require platform, encoding and or language localization. |
Name Record Format
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
nameID | non-negative integer | The name ID. |
platformID | non-negative integer | The platform ID. |
encodingID | non-negative integer | The encoding ID. |
languageID | non-negative integer | The language ID. |
string | string | The string value for the record. |
Records should have a unique nameID
, platformID
, encodingID
and languageID
combination. In cases where a duplicate is found, the last occurrence of the nameID
, platformID
, encodingID
and languageID
combination must be taken as the value.
Notes
The OpenType name table specification.
- Name ID 0 (copyright) is found at the generic
copyright
attribute. - Name ID 1 (font family name) is found at the generic
styleMapFamilyName
attribute. - Name ID 2 (font subfamily name) can be interpreted from the generic
styleMapStyleName
attribute. - Name ID 4 (full font name) can be created from the generic
styleMapFamilyName
andstyleMapStyleName
oropenTypePreferredFamilyName
andopenTypePreferredSubfamilyName
attributes following the rules defined in the specification. - Name ID 6 (Postscript name) can be found at
postscriptFontName
. This should follow the rules defined in the specification. - Name ID 7 (trademark) is found at the generic
trademark
attribute. - Authoring tools should not make any assumptions about the validity (as defined by the OpenType specification) of the naming data contained in these fields.
- To reiterate the point stated above, these notes are merely provided for clarity. Authoring tools can and should follow their own recipes for creating the name table. These notes make no considerations for platform specific variations in or application specific limitations on the strings.
OpenType OS/2 Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeOS2WidthClass | non-negative integer | Width class value. Must be in the range 1-9. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table usWidthClass field. |
openTypeOS2WeightClass | non-negative integer | Weight class value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table usWeightClass field. |
openTypeOS2Selection | list | A list of bit numbers indicating the bits that should be set in fsSelection. The bit numbers are listed in the OpenType OS/2 specification. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table selection field. Note: Bits 0 (italic), 5 (bold) and 6 (regular) must not be set here. These bits should be taken from the generic styleMapStyleName attribute. |
openTypeOS2VendorID | string | Four character identifier for the creator of the font. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table achVendID field. |
openTypeOS2Panose | list | The list must contain 10 non-negative integers that represent the setting for each category in the Panose specification. The integers correspond with the option numbers in each of the Panose categories. This corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table Panose field. |
openTypeOS2FamilyClass | list | Two integers representing the IBM font class and font subclass of the font. The first number, representing the class ID, must be in the range 0-14. The second number, representing the subclass, must be in the range 0-15. The numbers are listed in the OpenType OS/2 specification. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table sFamilyClass field. |
openTypeOS2UnicodeRanges | list | A list of bit numbers that are supported Unicode ranges in the font. The bit numbers are listed in the OpenType OS/2 specification. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ulUnicodeRange1 , ulUnicodeRange2 , ulUnicodeRange3 and ulUnicodeRange4 fields. |
openTypeOS2CodePageRanges | list | A list of bit numbers that are supported code page ranges in the font. The bit numbers are listed in the OpenType OS/2 specification. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ulCodePageRange1 and ulCodePageRange2 fields. |
openTypeOS2TypoAscender | integer | Ascender value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table sTypoAscender field. |
openTypeOS2TypoDescender | integer | Descender value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table sTypoDescender field. |
openTypeOS2TypoLineGap | integer | Line gap value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table sTypoLineGap field. |
openTypeOS2WinAscent | non-negative integer | Ascender value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table usWinAscent field. |
openTypeOS2WinDescent | non-negative integer | Descender value. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table usWinDescent field. |
openTypeOS2Type | list | A list of bit numbers indicating the embedding type. The bit numbers are listed in the OpenType OS/2 specification. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table fsType field. |
openTypeOS2SubscriptXSize | integer | Subscript horizontal font size. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySubscriptXSize field. |
openTypeOS2SubscriptYSize | integer | Subscript vertical font size. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySubscriptYSize field. |
openTypeOS2SubscriptXOffset | integer | Subscript x offset. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySubscriptXOffset field. |
openTypeOS2SubscriptYOffset | integer | Subscript y offset. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySubscriptYOffset field. |
openTypeOS2SuperscriptXSize | integer | Superscript horizontal font size. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySuperscriptXSize field. |
openTypeOS2SuperscriptYSize | integer | Superscript vertical font size. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySuperscriptYSize field. |
openTypeOS2SuperscriptXOffset | integer | Superscript x offset. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySuperscriptXOffset field. |
openTypeOS2SuperscriptYOffset | integer | Superscript y offset. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table ySuperscriptYOffset field. |
openTypeOS2StrikeoutSize | integer | Strikeout size. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table yStrikeoutSize field. |
openTypeOS2StrikeoutPosition | integer | Strikeout position. Corresponds to the OpenType OS/2 table yStrikeoutPosition field. |
Notes
The OpenType OS/2 table specification.
xAvgCharWidth
should be calculated by the authoring tool.sFamilyClass
is not supported.fsSelection
can be derived from the generic styleMapStyleName attribute. (See question below.)usFirstCharIndex
should be calculated by the authoring tool.usLastCharIndex
should be calculated by the authoring tool.sxHeight
is found at the generic xHeight attribute.sCapHeight
is found at the generic capHeight attribute.usDefaultChar
should be calculated by the authoring tool. OpenType fonts are required to have a .notdef character for fallback.usBreakChar
should be calculated by the authoring tool.usMaxContext
should be calculated by the authoring tool.
OpenType vhea Table Fields
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
openTypeVheaVertTypoAscender | integer | Ascender value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table vertTypoAscender field. |
openTypeVheaVertTypoDescender | integer | Descender value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table vertTypoDescender field. |
openTypeVheaVertTypoLineGap | integer | Line gap value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table vertTypoLineGap field. |
openTypeVheaCaretSlopeRise | integer | Caret slope rise value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table caretSlopeRise field. |
openTypeVheaCaretSlopeRun | integer | Caret slope run value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table caretSlopeRun field. |
openTypeVheaCaretOffset | integer | Caret offset value. Corresponds to the OpenType vhea table caretOffset field. |
Notes
The OpenType vhea table specification
advanceHeightMax
should be calculated by the authoring tool.minTopSideBearing
should be calculated by the authoring tool.minBottomSideBearing
should be calculated by the authoring tool.yMaxExtent
should be calculated by the authoring tool.metricDataFormat
should be set by the authoring tool.numberOfHMetrics
should be calculated by the authoring tool.
PostScript Specific Data
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
postscriptFontName | string | Name to be used for the FontName field in Type 1/CFF table. |
postscriptFullName | string | Name to be used for the FullName field in Type 1/CFF table. |
postscriptSlantAngle | integer or float | Artificial slant angle. This must be an angle in counter-clockwise degrees from the vertical. This value is not the same as the italic angle. Font authoring tools may use this value to set the FontMatrix in Type 1/CFF table. |
postscriptUniqueID | integer | A unique ID number as defined in the Type 1/CFF specification. |
postscriptUnderlineThickness | integer or float | Underline thickness value. Corresponds to the Type 1/CFF/post table UnderlineThickness field. |
postscriptUnderlinePosition | integer or float | Underline position value. Corresponds to the Type 1/CFF/post table UnderlinePosition field. Note: This value is ambiguous as post/CFF2 defines this position from the top, and Type 1/CFF defines it from the middle of the underline. The result of this value depends on which definition a compiler uses. |
postscriptIsFixedPitch | boolean | Indicates if the font is monospaced. An authoring tool could calculate this automatically, but the designer may wish to override this setting. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF isFixedPitched field |
postscriptBlueValues | list | A list of up to 14 integers or floats specifying the values that should be in the Type 1/CFF BlueValues field. This list must contain an even number of integers following the rules defined in the Type 1/CFF specification. |
postscriptOtherBlues | list | A list of up to 10 integers or floats specifying the values that should be in the Type 1/CFF OtherBlues field. This list must contain an even number of integers following the rules defined in the Type 1/CFF specification. |
postscriptFamilyBlues | list | A list of up to 14 integers or floats specifying the values that should be in the Type 1/CFF FamilyBlues field. This list must contain an even number of integers following the rules defined in the Type 1/CFF specification. |
postscriptFamilyOtherBlues | list | A list of up to 10 integers or floats specifying the values that should be in the Type 1/CFF FamilyOtherBlues field. This list must contain an even number of integers following the rules defined in the Type 1/CFF specification. |
postscriptStemSnapH | list | List of horizontal stems sorted in the order specified in the Type 1/CFF specification. Up to 12 integers or floats are possible. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF StemSnapH field. |
postscriptStemSnapV | list | List of vertical stems sorted in the order specified in the Type 1/CFF specification. Up to 12 integers or floats are possible. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF StemSnapV field. |
postscriptBlueFuzz | integer or float | BlueFuzz value. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF BlueFuzz field. |
postscriptBlueShift | integer or float | BlueShift value. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF BlueShift field. |
postscriptBlueScale | float | BlueScale value. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF BlueScale field. |
postscriptForceBold | boolean | Indicates how the Type 1/CFF ForceBold field should be set. |
postscriptDefaultWidthX | integer or float | Default width for glyphs. |
postscriptNominalWidthX | integer or float | Nominal width for glyphs. |
postscriptWeightName | string | A string indicating the overall weight of the font. This corresponds to the Type 1/CFF Weight field. It should have a reasonable value that reflects the openTypeOS2WeightClass value. |
postscriptDefaultCharacter | string | The name of the glyph that should be used as the default character in PFM files. |
postscriptWindowsCharacterSet | integer | The Windows character set. The values are defined below. |
postscriptWindowsCharacterSet Options
1 | ANSI |
2 | Default |
3 | Symbol |
4 | Macintosh |
5 | Shift JIS |
6 | Hangul |
7 | Hangul (Johab) |
8 | GB2312 |
9 | Chinese BIG5 |
10 | Greek |
11 | Turkish |
12 | Vietnamese |
13 | Hebrew |
14 | Arabic |
15 | Baltic |
16 | Bitstream |
17 | Cyrillic |
18 | Thai |
19 | Eastern European |
20 | OEM |
Notes
The OpenType post table specification. The CFF specification.
- These fields are a combination of fields in the OpenType post and CFF tables as well as the Type 1 format.
- The post table
minMemType42, maxMemType42, minMemType1
andmaxMemType1
fields should be set by the authoring tool. - The Type 1/CFF
StdHW
andStdVW
fields can be derived by taking the first value from thepostscriptStemSnapH
andpostscriptStemSnapV
lists. - The Type 1/CFF
version
field can be derived from the genericversionMajor
andversionMinor
attributes. - The Type 1/CFF
notice
field is found at the genericcopyright
attribute. - The Type 1/CFF
FamilyName
field can be derived from the genericfamilyName
attribute. - If
postscriptFullName
is not given, the Type 1/CFFFullName
field can be created by combining the genericfamilyName
andstyleName
attributes. - The Type 1/CFF/post table
italicAngle
field can be found at the genericitalicAngle
attribute. - The Type 1/CFF
postscriptWeightName
has no standard mapping to theopenTypeOS2WeightClass
value. The only official examples are given in The OpenType OS/2 table specification. This means that the value used is often up to the authoring tool or designer. It should be reasonable, e.g. “Medium” for aopenTypeOS2WeightClass
value of 500, “Bold” for a value of 700, etc. - The difference between CFF/Type1 underline position and post/CFF2 values is documented in The OpenType post table specification.
Macintosh FOND Resource Data
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
macintoshFONDFamilyID | integer | Family ID number. Corresponds to the ffFamID in the FOND resource. |
macintoshFONDName | string | Font name for the FOND resource. |
Notes
Adobe FOND Specification Apple Font Family Record Specification
WOFF Data
Many of these fields can be populated from generic elements, but since WOFF is a wrapper format they may not always be duplicated. As such, all of the WOFF fields are unique key/value pairs. All of these fields, and the sub-fields that they contain, are optional.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
woffMajorVersion | non-negative integer | Major version of the font. |
woffMinorVersion | non-negative integer | Minor version of the font. |
woffMetadataUniqueID | dictionary | Identification string. Corresponds to the WOFF uniqueid . The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Unique ID Record structure. |
woffMetadataVendor | dictionary | Font vendor. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element. The dictionary must follow the the WOFF Metadata Vendor Record structure. |
woffMetadataCredits | dictionary | Font credits. Corresponds to the WOFF credits element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Credits Record structure. |
woffMetadataDescription | dictionary | Font description. Corresponds to the WOFF description element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Description Record structure. |
woffMetadataLicense | dictionary | Font license. Corresponds to the WOFF license element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata License Record structure. |
woffMetadataCopyright | dictionary | Font copyright. Corresponds to the WOFF copyright element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Copyright Record structure. |
woffMetadataTrademark | dictionary | Font trademark. Corresponds to the WOFF trademark element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Trademark Record structure. |
woffMetadataLicensee | dictionary | Font licensee. Corresponds to the WOFF licensee element. The dictionary must follow the WOFF Metadata Licensee Record structure. |
woffMetadataExtensions | list | List of metadata extension records. The dictionaries must follow the WOFF Metadata Extension Record structure. There must be at least one extension record in the list. |
WOFF Metadata Unique ID Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
id | string | The id. This is required. |
WOFF Metadata Vendor Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
name | string | Font vendor. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element name attribute. This is required. |
url | string | Font vendor URL. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element url attribute. This is optional. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element class attribute. This is optional. |
WOFF Metadata Credits Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
credits | list | Font credits. Corresponds to the WOFF credits element. The items in the list must follow the WOFF Credit Record format. The list must contain at least one credit record. |
WOFF Metadata Credit Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
name | string | The name for the credit. Corresponds to the WOFF credit element name attribute. This is required. |
url | string | The url for the credit. Corresponds to the WOFF credit element url attribute. This is optional. |
role | string | The role for the credit. Corresponds to the WOFF credit element role attribute. This is optional. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF credit element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF credit element class attribute. This is optional. |
WOFF Metadata Description Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
url | string | A URL for the description. Corresponds to the WOFF description element url attribute. This is optional. |
text | list | A list of WOFF Metadata Text Records for the description. This list must contain at least one text record. |
WOFF Metadata License Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
url | string | A URL for the license. Corresponds to the WOFF license element url attribute. This is optional. |
id | string | Ad ID for the license. Corresponds to the WOFF license element id attribute. This is optional. |
text | list | A list of WOFF Metadata Text Records for the description. The list is permitted to be empty. |
WOFF Metadata Copyright Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
text | list | A list of WOFF Metadata Text Records for the copyright. This list must contain at least one text record. |
WOFF Metadata Trademark Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
text | list | A list of WOFF Metadata Text Records for the trademark. This list must contain at least one text record. |
WOFF Metadata Licensee Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
name | string | The licensee. Corresponds to the WOFF licensee element name attribute. This is required. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF vendor element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF licensee element class attribute. This is optional. |
WOFF Metadata Text Record
The record is stored as dictionary of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
text | string | The text for the record. This is required. |
language | string | Language. Corresponds to the WOFF text element xml:lang attribute. This is optional. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF text element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF text element class attribute. This is optional. |
WOFF Metadata Extension Record
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
id | string | The id for the extension. This is optional. |
names | list | List of WOFF Metadata Extension Name Records. |
items | list | List of WOFF Metadata Extension Item Records. The list must contain at least one item record. |
WOFF Metadata Extension Item Record
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
id | string | The id of the item record. |
names | list | List of WOFF Metadata Extension Name Records. The list must contain at least one name record. |
values | list | List of WOFF Metadata Extension Value Records. The list must contain at least one value record. |
WOFF Metadata Extension Name Record
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
text | string | The name of the name record. This is required. |
language | string | The language of the name record. This is optional. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF extension name element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF extension name element class attribute. This is optional. |
WOFF Metadata Extension Value Record
The records are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
text | string | The value of the value record. This is required. |
language | string | The language of the value record. This is optional. |
dir | string | Writing direction. The options are ltr and rtl. Corresponds to the WOFF extension value element dir attribute. This is optional. |
class | string | Class tokens. Corresponds to the WOFF extension value element class attribute. This is optional. |
Notes
Several metadata elements in the WOFF specification allow for <div>
and <span>
child elements. These must be stored as raw text in appropriate text
fields in the defined above. For example, for this WOFF metadata:
<description>
<text xml:lang="en">
<div>
<span dir="ltr">description</span>
</div>
</text>
</description>
Would be represented like this (string line broken only for formatting resons):
<key>woffMetadataDescription</key>
<dict>
<key>text</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>language</key>
<string>en</string>
<key>text</key>
<string><div><span dir="ltr">
description</span></div></string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
Guidelines
key | type | description |
---|---|---|
guidelines | list | A list of guideline definitions that apply to all glyphs in all layers in the font. This attribute is optional. |
Guideline Format
The guidelines are stored as dictionaries of the following format.
key | type | description | default |
---|---|---|---|
x | integer or float | The ‘x’ coordinate. Optional if y is provided and angle is not provided. See below for details. |
None |
y | integer or float | The ‘y’ coordinate. Optional if x is provided and angle is not provided. See below for details. |
None |
angle | integer or float | The angle of the guideline. This must be an angle between 0 and 360 degrees in a counter-clockwise direction from the horizontal. If x or y are not specified, angle must not be specified. See below for details. |
None. |
name | string | An arbitrary name for the guideline. This attribute is optional. | no name |
color | string | The color that should be applied to the guideline. The format follows the color definition standard. This attribute is optional. | no color |
identifier | string | Unique identifier for the guideline. This attribute is not required and should only be added to guidelines as needed. However, once an identifier has been assigned to a guideline it must not be unnecessarily removed or changed. Identifiers may be changed in incoming guidelines during editing operations such as “paste,” but they should be maintained unless a duplicate identifier will be created. The identifier value must be unique within the fontinfo.plist guidelines list that the guideline belongs to but it is not required to be unique among the identifiers assigned to guidelines in glyphs. The identifier specification is detailed in the conventions. | no identifier |
The guideline extends along angle
to infinity in both directions out of the point defined by x
and y
. If y
and angle
are omitted, the element represents a vertical guideline. If x
and angle
are omitted, the element represents a horizontal guideline.