README.md

afm

Collection of AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) specifications in JSON format, with CommonJS JavaScript API.

Installation

npm install afm

Example

var afm = require('afm')
afm.fonts.ArialMT

Development

To (re)fetch the original files at vendor/**/*.afm from the internet:

make

To (re)generate the JSON files by parsing the character metrics for each AFM file in the repository:

npm run prepublishOnly

References

• "What can I do with AFM - Adobe font metrics file?" from StackExchange: Graphic Design
• Font technical notes
  • Adobe Font Metrics File Format Specification #5004

License

Copyright 2015–2018 Christopher Brown. MIT Licensed.