# fontnik

**Repository Path**: mirrors_mapbox/fontnik

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: fontnik
- **Description**: Generates Signed Distance Field glyphsets from OpenType fonts
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-09
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-07

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

fontnik
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Generates [Signed Distance Field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_distance_function) glyphsets from
OpenType fonts.

As opposed to [node-fontnik](https://github.com/mapbox/node-fontnik), fontnik is pure-JavaScript, and instead
of initially rasterizing fonts, it implements most of the algorithm with data still in vector form.

fontnik is used for the SDF generation phase of [spritenik](https://github.com/mapbox/spritenik), a tool for
generating PBF sprites.