![]() This font will be merged into the base font file that you opened first while launching the FontForge app. Next, click on “Element” > “Merge Fonts…” dropdown menu and pick your secondary font from the file picker. The two fonts should be scaled to the same size to avoid issues (as explained earlier). Go to the “General” tab and scale the font as per your requirement. Click on “Element” > “Font Info…” menu on top. Launch FontForge app from application launcher and select your primary font from the file picker. $ fontforge -script mergefonts.sh font1.ttf font2.ttf GUI Method Merge Fonts Using a FontForge ScriptĬreate a new file named “mergefonts.sh” and paste the following code in it: Open source fonts are quite permissive, but even then, make sure to check their licenses to avoid issues. Some proprietary fonts are restrictive and may not allow commercial usage of merged fonts. If you are using paid proprietary fonts, double check the license. Make sure that two fonts have the same weights. You should also avoid merging serif and sans-serif fonts unless necessary. ![]() To ensure maximum compatibility and readability while merging two fonts, it is important that you select two fonts with similar design style. You can merge fonts either using FontForge GUI or you can use a custom script that can be run in a terminal. ![]() There are two methods that you can use to merge any two fonts using FontForge. FontForge standalone AppImage executable and packages for other Linux distributions are available here. ![]()
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