Command Line Interface

TrueType retro fonts.

Usage

usage: retrofont [-h] [-v] {rom2ttf,yml2rom,rom2yml,show,show_config} ...

Options

-v¶: show program's version number and exit

Sub-commands

rom2ttf

Create a TrueType font.

Usage

usage: __main__.py rom2ttf [-h] [-d DEST] [-f FWROM] [-s SYS_TYPE] [-p]
                           NAME CGROM

Positional Arguments

name NAME¶

font name

Default: None
Type: str
Required

cgrom CGROM¶

character ROM file

Default: None
Type: FileType('rb')
Required

Options

-d¶

destination directory

Default: .
Type: str

-f¶

firmware ROM file

Default: None
Type: FileType('rb')

-s¶

system name

Default
Type: str

-p¶

generate primary font

Default: False

yml2rom

Create a character ROM from its YAML representation.

Usage

usage: __main__.py yml2rom [-h] GLYPHS CGROM

Positional Arguments

text_handle GLYPHS¶

glyphs in YAML format

Default: None
Type: FileType('rt')
Required

binary_handle CGROM¶

character ROM file

Default: None
Type: FileType('wb')
Required

rom2yml

Create the YAML representation of a character ROM file.

Usage

usage: __main__.py rom2yml [-h] CGROM GLYPHS

Positional Arguments

binary_handle CGROM¶

character ROM file

Default: None
Type: FileType('rb')
Required

text_handle GLYPHS¶

glyphs in YAML format

Default: None
Type: FileType('wt')
Required

show

Show a character set.

Usage

usage: __main__.py show [-h] [-o HANDLE] CHARSET

Positional Arguments

charset CHARSET¶

character set

Default: None
Type: int
Required

Options

-o¶

output file

Default: <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>
Type: FileType('wt')

show_config

Show the configuration file location.

Usage

usage: __main__.py show_config [-h] [-o HANDLE]

Options

-o¶

output file

Default: <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>
Type: FileType('wt')