Jetformat

Subset a font to selected characters

Use jetformat font subset to subset a font to selected characters.

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Choose runes when you know the text that must be rendered. A subset intentionally removes other glyphs, so preserve the full font for future documents.

Steps

  1. Start with a local TTF or OTF font. Replace the sample paths and identifiers with your own.
  2. Run the command below. Save to a new output path so the source remains available for comparison.
  3. Check the result as described below before using it in another job.
jetformat font subset runes font.ttf '中文ABC123' -o subset.ttf

Check the result

Validate the subset and test every required character, including punctuation and non-Latin characters used by the document.

Notes and limits

This is a free utility or read operation. It does not need a paid conversion to inspect the result.

Run jetformat font subset --help to compare options with your installed version.

See the font command reference for the surrounding workflow.

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