smoltext 1.4.8

A font converter utility with the extra fonts included in utf8.

Smoltext

$ smoltext -h
usage: smoltext [-h] [-c] [-f FONT] [--list-fonts] [text [text ...]]

A font converter utility with the extra fonts included in utf8.

positional arguments:
  text                  text to process

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --copy            copies processed text to clipboard
  -f FONT, --font FONT  which font to use
  --list-fonts          list all supported fonts
$ smoltext -f italic hello
𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰
$ smoltext -f subscript hello
ʰᵉˡˡᵒ
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A font converter utility with the extra fonts included in utf8.

Installation

With pip:

pip3 install --upgrade --user smoltext

With git:

git clone https://gitlab.com/imsofi/smoltext/ && cd smoltext
pip3 install --upgrade build
python3 -m build
pip3 install dist/smoltext-*.whl

Current Features

• Processes text input and gives an output of the desired font.
• List out all available fonts with previews.
• Easy to use CLI commands.

Tips & Tricks

You can use xclip or wl-copy to automatically copy the processed output to your clipboard.

Under xorg with xclip:

smoltext Hello! | xclip -sel clip

Under wayland with wl-copy:

smoltext Hello! | wl-copy

Common issues

• Certain browsers and terminals fail to render certain font styles regardless of font.
• Kerning can be off due to terminals using a monospaced font.
• Certain fonts don't include all font styles used in this package.

Links

• Gitlab
• PyPI