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+pyftsubset -- OpenType font subsetter and optimizer
+
+  pyftsubset is an OpenType font subsetter and optimizer, based on fontTools.
+  It accepts any TT- or CFF-flavored OpenType (.otf or .ttf) or WOFF (.woff)
+  font file. The subsetted glyph set is based on the specified glyphs
+  or characters, and specified OpenType layout features.
+
+  The tool also performs some size-reducing optimizations, aimed for using
+  subset fonts as webfonts.  Individual optimizations can be enabled or
+  disabled, and are enabled by default when they are safe.
+
+Usage:
+  pyftsubset font-file [glyph...] [--option=value]...
+
+  At least one glyph or one of --gids, --gids-file, --glyphs, --glyphs-file,
+  --text, --text-file, --unicodes, or --unicodes-file, must be specified.
+
+Arguments:
+  font-file
+    The input font file.
+  glyph
+    Specify one or more glyph identifiers to include in the subset. Must be
+    PS glyph names, or the special string '*' to keep the entire glyph set.
+
+Initial glyph set specification:
+  These options populate the initial glyph set. Same option can appear
+  multiple times, and the results are accummulated.
+  --gids=<NNN>[,<NNN>...]
+      Specify comma/whitespace-separated list of glyph IDs or ranges as
+      decimal numbers.  For example, --gids=10-12,14 adds glyphs with
+      numbers 10, 11, 12, and 14.
+  --gids-file=<path>
+      Like --gids but reads from a file. Anything after a '#' on any line
+      is ignored as comments.
+  --glyphs=<glyphname>[,<glyphname>...]
+      Specify comma/whitespace-separated PS glyph names to add to the subset.
+      Note that only PS glyph names are accepted, not gidNNN, U+XXXX, etc
+      that are accepted on the command line.  The special string '*' wil keep
+      the entire glyph set.
+  --glyphs-file=<path>
+      Like --glyphs but reads from a file. Anything after a '#' on any line
+      is ignored as comments.
+  --text=<text>
+      Specify characters to include in the subset, as UTF-8 string.
+  --text-file=<path>
+      Like --text but reads from a file. Newline character are not added to
+      the subset.
+  --unicodes=<XXXX>[,<XXXX>...]
+      Specify comma/whitespace-separated list of Unicode codepoints or
+      ranges as hex numbers, optionally prefixed with 'U+', 'u', etc.
+      For example, --unicodes=41-5a,61-7a adds ASCII letters, so does
+      the more verbose --unicodes=U+0041-005A,U+0061-007A.
+      The special strings '*' will choose all Unicode characters mapped
+      by the font.
+  --unicodes-file=<path>
+      Like --unicodes, but reads from a file. Anything after a '#' on any
+      line in the file is ignored as comments.
+  --ignore-missing-glyphs
+      Do not fail if some requested glyphs or gids are not available in
+      the font.
+  --no-ignore-missing-glyphs
+      Stop and fail if some requested glyphs or gids are not available
+      in the font. [default]
+  --ignore-missing-unicodes [default]
+      Do not fail if some requested Unicode characters (including those
+      indirectly specified using --text or --text-file) are not available
+      in the font.
+  --no-ignore-missing-unicodes
+      Stop and fail if some requested Unicode characters are not available
+      in the font.
+      Note the default discrepancy between ignoring missing glyphs versus
+      unicodes.  This is for historical reasons and in the future
+      --no-ignore-missing-unicodes might become default.
+
+Other options:
+  For the other options listed below, to see the current value of the option,
+  pass a value of '?' to it, with or without a '='.
+  Examples:
+    $ pyftsubset --glyph-names?
+    Current setting for 'glyph-names' is: False
+    $ ./pyftsubset --name-IDs=?
+    Current setting for 'name-IDs' is: [1, 2]
+    $ ./pyftsubset --hinting? --no-hinting --hinting?
+    Current setting for 'hinting' is: True
+    Current setting for 'hinting' is: False
+
+Output options:
+  --output-file=<path>
+      The output font file. If not specified, the subsetted font
+      will be saved in as font-file.subset.
+  --flavor=<type>
+      Specify flavor of output font file. May be 'woff' or 'woff2'.
+      Note that WOFF2 requires the Brotli Python extension, available
+      at https://github.com/google/brotli
+  --with-zopfli
+      Use the Google Zopfli algorithm to compress WOFF. The output is 3-8 %
+      smaller than pure zlib, but the compression speed is much slower.
+      The Zopfli Python bindings are available at:
+      https://github.com/anthrotype/py-zopfli
+
+Glyph set expansion:
+  These options control how additional glyphs are added to the subset.
+  --notdef-glyph
+      Add the '.notdef' glyph to the subset (ie, keep it). [default]
+  --no-notdef-glyph
+      Drop the '.notdef' glyph unless specified in the glyph set. This
+      saves a few bytes, but is not possible for Postscript-flavored
+      fonts, as those require '.notdef'. For TrueType-flavored fonts,
+      this works fine as long as no unsupported glyphs are requested
+      from the font.
+  --notdef-outline
+      Keep the outline of '.notdef' glyph. The '.notdef' glyph outline is
+      used when glyphs not supported by the font are to be shown. It is not
+      needed otherwise.
+  --no-notdef-outline
+      When including a '.notdef' glyph, remove its outline. This saves
+      a few bytes. [default]
+  --recommended-glyphs
+      Add glyphs 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the subset, as recommended for
+      TrueType-flavored fonts: '.notdef', 'NULL' or '.null', 'CR', 'space'.
+      Some legacy software might require this, but no modern system does.
+  --no-recommended-glyphs
+      Do not add glyphs 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the subset, unless specified in
+      glyph set. [default]
+  --layout-features[+|-]=<feature>[,<feature>...]
+      Specify (=), add to (+=) or exclude from (-=) the comma-separated
+      set of OpenType layout feature tags that will be preserved.
+      Glyph variants used by the preserved features are added to the
+      specified subset glyph set. By default, 'calt', 'ccmp', 'clig', 'curs',
+      'kern', 'liga', 'locl', 'mark', 'mkmk', 'rclt', 'rlig' and all features
+      required for script shaping are preserved. To see the full list, try
+      '--layout-features=?'. Use '*' to keep all features.
+      Multiple --layout-features options can be provided if necessary.
+      Examples:
+        --layout-features+=onum,pnum,ss01
+            * Keep the default set of features and 'onum', 'pnum', 'ss01'.
+        --layout-features-='mark','mkmk'
+            * Keep the default set of features but drop 'mark' and 'mkmk'.
+        --layout-features='kern'
+            * Only keep the 'kern' feature, drop all others.
+        --layout-features=''
+            * Drop all features.
+        --layout-features='*'
+            * Keep all features.
+        --layout-features+=aalt --layout-features-=vrt2
+            * Keep default set of features plus 'aalt', but drop 'vrt2'.
+
+Hinting options:
+  --hinting
+      Keep hinting [default]
+  --no-hinting
+      Drop glyph-specific hinting and font-wide hinting tables, as well
+      as remove hinting-related bits and pieces from other tables (eg. GPOS).
+      See --hinting-tables for list of tables that are dropped by default.
+      Instructions and hints are stripped from 'glyf' and 'CFF ' tables
+      respectively. This produces (sometimes up to 30%) smaller fonts that
+      are suitable for extremely high-resolution systems, like high-end
+      mobile devices and retina displays.
+      XXX Note: Currently there is a known bug in 'CFF ' hint stripping that
+      might make the font unusable as a webfont as they will be rejected by
+      OpenType Sanitizer used in common browsers. For more information see:
+      https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/issues/144
+      The --desubroutinize options works around that bug.
+
+Optimization options:
+  --desubroutinize
+      Remove CFF use of subroutinizes.  Subroutinization is a way to make CFF
+      fonts smaller.  For small subsets however, desubroutinizing might make
+      the font smaller.  It has even been reported that desubroutinized CFF
+      fonts compress better (produce smaller output) WOFF and WOFF2 fonts.
+      Also see note under --no-hinting.
+  --no-desubroutinize [default]
+      Leave CFF subroutinizes as is, only throw away unused subroutinizes.
+
+Font table options:
+  --drop-tables[+|-]=<table>[,<table>...]
+      Specify (=), add to (+=) or exclude from (-=) the comma-separated
+      set of tables that will be be dropped.
+      By default, the following tables are dropped:
+      'BASE', 'JSTF', 'DSIG', 'EBDT', 'EBLC', 'EBSC', 'SVG ', 'PCLT', 'LTSH'
+      and Graphite tables: 'Feat', 'Glat', 'Gloc', 'Silf', 'Sill'
+      and color tables: 'CBLC', 'CBDT', 'sbix'.
+      The tool will attempt to subset the remaining tables.
+      Examples:
+        --drop-tables-='SVG '
+            * Drop the default set of tables but keep 'SVG '.
+        --drop-tables+=GSUB
+            * Drop the default set of tables and 'GSUB'.
+        --drop-tables=DSIG
+            * Only drop the 'DSIG' table, keep all others.
+        --drop-tables=
+            * Keep all tables.
+  --no-subset-tables+=<table>[,<table>...]
+      Add to the set of tables that will not be subsetted.
+      By default, the following tables are included in this list, as
+      they do not need subsetting (ignore the fact that 'loca' is listed
+      here): 'gasp', 'head', 'hhea', 'maxp', 'vhea', 'OS/2', 'loca',
+      'name', 'cvt ', 'fpgm', 'prep', 'VMDX', 'DSIG' and 'CPAL'.
+      By default, tables that the tool does not know how to subset and are not
+      specified here will be dropped from the font, unless --passthrough-tables
+      option is passed.
+      Example:
+         --no-subset-tables+=FFTM
+            * Keep 'FFTM' table in the font by preventing subsetting.
+  --passthrough-tables
+      Do not drop tables that the tool does not know how to subset.
+  --no-passthrough-tables
+      Tables that the tool does not know how to subset and are not specified
+      in --no-subset-tables will be dropped from the font. [default]
+  --hinting-tables[-]=<table>[,<table>...]
+      Specify (=), add to (+=) or exclude from (-=) the list of font-wide
+      hinting tables that will be dropped if --no-hinting is specified,
+      Examples:
+        --hinting-tables-='VDMX'
+            * Drop font-wide hinting tables except 'VDMX'.
+        --hinting-tables=''
+            * Keep all font-wide hinting tables (but strip hints from glyphs).
+  --legacy-kern
+      Keep TrueType 'kern' table even when OpenType 'GPOS' is available.
+  --no-legacy-kern
+      Drop TrueType 'kern' table if OpenType 'GPOS' is available. [default]
+
+Font naming options:
+  These options control what is retained in the 'name' table. For numerical
+  codes, see: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/name.htm
+  --name-IDs[+|-]=<nameID>[,<nameID>...]
+      Specify (=), add to (+=) or exclude from (-=) the set of 'name' table
+      entry nameIDs that will be preserved. By default only nameID 1 (Family)
+      and nameID 2 (Style) are preserved. Use '*' to keep all entries.
+      Examples:
+        --name-IDs+=0,4,6
+            * Also keep Copyright, Full name and PostScript name entry.
+        --name-IDs=''
+            * Drop all 'name' table entries.
+        --name-IDs='*'
+            * keep all 'name' table entries
+  --name-legacy
+      Keep legacy (non-Unicode) 'name' table entries (0.x, 1.x etc.).
+      XXX Note: This might be needed for some fonts that have no Unicode name
+      entires for English. See: https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/issues/146
+  --no-name-legacy
+      Drop legacy (non-Unicode) 'name' table entries [default]
+  --name-languages[+|-]=<langID>[,<langID>]
+      Specify (=), add to (+=) or exclude from (-=) the set of 'name' table
+      langIDs that will be preserved. By default only records with langID
+      0x0409 (English) are preserved. Use '*' to keep all langIDs.
+  --obfuscate-names
+      Make the font unusable as a system font by replacing name IDs 1, 2, 3, 4,
+      and 6 with dummy strings (it is still fully functional as webfont).
+
+Glyph naming and encoding options:
+  --glyph-names
+      Keep PS glyph names in TT-flavored fonts. In general glyph names are
+      not needed for correct use of the font. However, some PDF generators
+      and PDF viewers might rely on glyph names to extract Unicode text
+      from PDF documents.
+  --no-glyph-names
+      Drop PS glyph names in TT-flavored fonts, by using 'post' table
+      version 3.0. [default]
+  --legacy-cmap
+      Keep the legacy 'cmap' subtables (0.x, 1.x, 4.x etc.).
+  --no-legacy-cmap
+      Drop the legacy 'cmap' subtables. [default]
+  --symbol-cmap
+      Keep the 3.0 symbol 'cmap'.
+  --no-symbol-cmap
+      Drop the 3.0 symbol 'cmap'. [default]
+
+Other font-specific options:
+  --recalc-bounds
+      Recalculate font bounding boxes.
+  --no-recalc-bounds
+      Keep original font bounding boxes. This is faster and still safe
+      for all practical purposes. [default]
+  --recalc-timestamp
+      Set font 'modified' timestamp to current time.
+  --no-recalc-timestamp
+      Do not modify font 'modified' timestamp. [default]
+  --canonical-order
+      Order tables as recommended in the OpenType standard. This is not
+      required by the standard, nor by any known implementation.
+  --no-canonical-order
+      Keep original order of font tables. This is faster. [default]
+  --prune-unicode-ranges
+      Update the 'OS/2 ulUnicodeRange*' bits after subsetting. The Unicode
+      ranges defined in the OpenType specification v1.7 are intersected with
+      the Unicode codepoints specified in the font's Unicode 'cmap' subtables:
+      when no overlap is found, the bit will be switched off. However, it will
+      *not* be switched on if an intersection is found.  [default]
+  --no-prune-unicode-ranges
+      Don't change the 'OS/2 ulUnicodeRange*' bits.
+  --recalc-average-width
+      Update the 'OS/2 xAvgCharWidth' field after subsetting.
+  --no-recalc-average-width
+      Don't change the 'OS/2 xAvgCharWidth' field. [default]
+
+Application options:
+  --verbose
+      Display verbose information of the subsetting process.
+  --timing
+      Display detailed timing information of the subsetting process.
+  --xml
+      Display the TTX XML representation of subsetted font.
+
+Example:
+  Produce a subset containing the characters ' !"#$%' without performing
+  size-reducing optimizations:
+
+  $ pyftsubset font.ttf --unicodes="U+0020-0025" \
+    --layout-features='*' --glyph-names --symbol-cmap --legacy-cmap \
+    --notdef-glyph --notdef-outline --recommended-glyphs \
+    --name-IDs='*' --name-legacy --name-languages='*'
+