fntbld-oci/README.md

fntbld-oci

A container image with font-building tools pre-installed:

• FontForge — scriptable font editor
• ttfautohint — auto-hinter for TrueType fonts
• fontTools — Python library for manipulating font files

The image contains no project-specific files. Mount or clone your font project into /build at runtime.

Build locally

podman build -t fntbld-oci .

Pull from GitHub Container Registry

podman pull ghcr.io/nicoverbruggen/fntbld-oci:latest

Usage

From your font project directory:

podman run --rm -v .:/build ghcr.io/nicoverbruggen/fntbld-oci python3 build.py

Debugging

To rebuild and get a shell inside the container:

podman build -t fntbld-oci . && podman run --rm -it fntbld-oci sh