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fontpls

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Overview

fontpls is a minimal cli tool for extracting font files from websites.

This tool helps web developers, designers, and typographers easily extract and reuse fonts from websites with minimal effort.

Please respect all font licenses when using this tool.

Installation

snippet.sh
1pip install fontpls

Or install from source:

snippet.sh
1git clone https://github.com/jon-becker/fontpls 2cd fontpls 3pip install -e .

Usage

Basic usage:

snippet.sh
1fontpls https://example.com

With options:

snippet.sh
1fontpls https://example.com --output fonts --threads 8 --tags h1,p,div

Options

OptionDescription
--tagsOnly include fonts used in the specified HTML tags (comma-separated)
--exclude, -xExclude fonts used in the specified tags (comma-separated)
--output, -oOutput font files to the specified directory
--threads, -tNumber of download threads to use
--verbose, -vIncrease verbosity level (use multiple times for more detail)

Output

fontpls creates a directory structure like this:

snippet.txt
1example-com/ 2├── Font1-Regular.woff2 3├── Font2-Bold.woff2 4├── Font3-Italic.woff2 5├── fonts.css 6└── index.html
  • fonts.css: CSS stylesheet with @font-face declarations
  • index.html: HTML file showcasing all downloaded fonts

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to fontpls, please open a pull-request with your changes, as well as detailed information on what is changed, added, or improved.

For more detailed information, see the contributing guide

Issues

If you've found an issue or have a question, please open an issue here. All issues must follow their respective templates.