Free Font

Read a set of SVG icons and ouput a TTF/EOT/WOFF/WOFF2/SVG font, Generator of fonts from SVG icons.

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Features:

• Supported font formats: WOFF2, WOFF, EOT, TTF and SVG.
• Support SVG Symbol file.
• Support React, ReactNative & TypeScript.
• Support Less/Sass/Stylus.
• Allows to use custom templates (example css, less and etc).
• Automatically generate a preview site.

1                                ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮
2                                ┆      Project       ┆
3                                ┆   ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮    ┆
4╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮                      ┆   ┆    svg    ┆┈┈╮ ┆
5┆iconfont┆┈┈╮                   ┆   ╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯  ┆ ┆
6╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯  ┆  ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮   ┆   ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮  ┆ ┆
7            ├┈▶┆download svg┆┈┈▶┆   ┆┈svgtofont┈┆  ┆ ┆
8╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮  ┆  ╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯   ┆╭┈┈┆create font┆◀┈╯ ┆
9┆icomoon ┆┈┈╯                   ┆┆  ╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯    ┆
10╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯                      ┆┆  ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮    ┆
11                                ┆╰┈▶┆ use font  ┆    ┆
12                                ┆   ╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯    ┆
13                                ╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯

1graph LR;
2    A[iconfont]-->C[Download SVG];
3    B[icomoon]-->C;
4    D[icongo]-->C;
5    E[yesicon]-->C;
6    click A "https://www.iconfont.cn" "阿里巴巴矢量图标库" _blank
7    click B "https://icomoon.io" "Pixel Perfect Icon Solutions" _blank
8    click D "https://icongo.github.io" "Include popular icons in your React projects easily icons." _blank
9    click E "https://yesicon.app/" "216,162 High-Quality Vector Icons from Top Design Teams." _blank
10    C .-> ide1
11    subgraph ide1 [Project]
12        svg -->a2[svgtofont create font]
13        a2 .-> b3[use font]
14    end

Icon Font Created By svgtofont

• file-icons File icons in the file tree.
• uiw-iconfont The premium icon font for @uiwjs Component Library. Support React & TypeScript.
• Bootstrap Icons Font Official open source SVG icon library for Bootstrap.
• test example For a simple test example, run npm run test in the root directory to see the results.

Install

1npm i svgtofont

[!NOTE]
This package v5+ is ESM only: Node 18+ is needed to use it and it must be import instead of require.

1import svgtofont from 'svgtofont';

Using With Command

1{
2  "scripts": {
3    "font": "svgtofont --sources ./svg --output ./font --fontName uiw-font"
4  },
5  "svgtofont": {
6    "css": {
7      "fontSize": "12px"
8    }
9  }
10}

You can add configuration to package.json. #48

Support for .svgtofontrc and more configuration files.

1{
2  "fontName": "svgtofont",
3  "css": true
4}

1/**
2 * @type {import('svgtofont').SvgToFontOptions}
3 */
4export default {
5  fontName: "iconfont",
6}

Using With Nodejs

[!NOTE]
This package v5+ is now pure ESM. Please read this.

1import svgtofont from 'svgtofont';
2import path from 'node:path';
3 
4svgtofont({
5  src: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'icon'), // svg path, only searches one level, not recursive
6  dist: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'fonts'), // output path
7  fontName: 'svgtofont', // font name
8  css: true, // Create CSS files.
9}).then(() => {
10  console.log('done!');
11});

Or

1import svgtofont from 'svgtofont';
2import path from 'node:path';
3
4svgtofont({
5  src: path.resolve(process.cwd(), "icon"), // svg path, only searches one level, not recursive
6  dist: path.resolve(process.cwd(), "fonts"), // output path
7  styleTemplates: path.resolve(rootPath, "styles"), // file templates path (optional)
8  fontName: "svgtofont", // font name
9  css: true, // Create CSS files.
10  startUnicode: 0xea01, // unicode start number
11  svgicons2svgfont: {
12    fontHeight: 1000,
13    normalize: true
14  },
15  // website = null, no demo html files
16  website: {
17    title: "svgtofont",
18    // Must be a .svg format image.
19    logo: path.resolve(process.cwd(), "svg", "git.svg"),
20    version: pkg.version,
21    meta: {
22      description: "Converts SVG fonts to TTF/EOT/WOFF/WOFF2/SVG format.",
23      keywords: "svgtofont,TTF,EOT,WOFF,WOFF2,SVG"
24    },
25    description: ``,
26    // Add a Github corner to your website
27    // Like: https://github.com/uiwjs/react-github-corners
28    corners: {
29      url: 'https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont',
30      width: 62, // default: 60
31      height: 62, // default: 60
32      bgColor: '#dc3545' // default: '#151513'
33    },
34    links: [
35      {
36        title: "GitHub",
37        url: "https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont"
38      },
39      {
40        title: "Feedback",
41        url: "https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont/issues"
42      },
43      {
44        title: "Font Class",
45        url: "index.html"
46      },
47      {
48        title: "Unicode",
49        url: "unicode.html"
50      }
51    ],
52    footerInfo: `Licensed under MIT. (Yes it's free and <a href="https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont">open-sourced</a>`
53  }
54}).then(() => {
55  console.log('done!');
56});;

API

1import { createSVG, createTTF, createEOT, createWOFF, createWOFF2, createSvgSymbol, copyTemplate, createHTML } from 'svgtofont/lib/utils';
2
3const options = { ... };
4
5async function creatFont() {
6  const unicodeObject = await createSVG(options); 
7  const ttf = await createTTF(options); // SVG Font => TTF
8  await createEOT(options, ttf); // TTF => EOT
9  await createWOFF(options, ttf); // TTF => WOFF
10  await createWOFF2(options, ttf); // TTF => WOFF2
11  await createSvgSymbol(options); // SVG Files => SVG Symbol
12}

options

svgtofont(options)

config

Type: config?: AutoConfOption<SvgToFontOptions>

By default, settings are automatically loaded from .svgtofontrc and package.json. You can add configuration to package.json. #48

Support for .svgtofontrc and more configuration files.

log

Type: Boolean

A value of false disables logging

logger

Type: (msg) => void

log callback function

dist

Type: String
Default value: dist => fonts

The output directory.

outSVGReact

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Output ./dist/react/, SVG generates react components.

1git/git.svg
2
3// ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
4
5import React from 'react';
6export const Git = props => (
7  <svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" {...props}><path d="M2.6 10.59L8.38 4.8l1.69 -." fillRule="evenodd" /></svg>
8);

outSVGReactNative

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Output ./dist/reactNative/, SVG generates reactNative components.

1import { Text } from 'react-native';
2
3const icons = { "Git": "__GitUnicodeChar__", "Adobe": "__AdobeUnicodeChar__" };
4
5export const RangeIconFont = props => {
6  const { name, ...rest } = props;
7  return (<Text style={{ fontFamily: 'svgtofont', fontSize: 16, color: '#000000', ...rest }}>
8    {icons[name]}
9  </Text>);
10};
11

outSVGPath

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Output ./dist/svgtofont.json, The content is as follows:

1{
2  "adobe": ["M14.868 3H23v19L14.868 3zM1 3h8.138L1 22V3zm.182 11.997H13.79l-1.551-3.82H8.447z...."],
3  "git": ["M2.6 10.59L8.38 4.8l1.69 1.7c-.24.85.15 1.78.93 2.23v5.54c-.6.34-1 .99-1..."],
4  "stylelint": ["M129.74 243.648c28-100.109 27.188-100.5.816c2.65..."]
5}

Or you can generate the file separately:

1const { generateIconsSource } = require('svgtofont/src/generate');	
2const path = require('path');	
3
4async function generate () {	
5  const outPath = await generateIconsSource({	
6    src: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'svg'),	
7    dist: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist'),	
8    fontName: 'svgtofont',	
9  });	
10}	
11
12generate();

generateInfoData

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Output ./dist/info.json, The content is as follows:

1{
2  "adobe": {
3    "encodedCode": "\\ea01",
4    "prefix": "svgtofont",
5    "className": "svgtofont-adobe",
6    "unicode": ""
7  },
8  ...
9}

src

Type: String
Default value: svg

output path

emptyDist

Type: String
Default value: false

Clear output directory contents

fontName

Type: String
Default value: iconfont

The font family name you want.

styleTemplates

Type: String Default value: undefined

The path of the templates, see src/styles or test/templates/styles to get reference about how to create a template, file names can have the extension .template, like a filename.scss.template

startUnicode

Type: Number
Default value: 0xea01

unicode start number

getIconUnicode

Get Icon Unicode

1getIconUnicode?: (name: string, unicode: string, startUnicode: number) 
2      => [string, number];

useNameAsUnicode

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

should the name(file name) be used as unicode? this switch allows for the support of ligatures.

let's say you have an svg with a file name of add and you want to use ligatures for it. you would set up your processing as mentioned above and turn on this switch.

1{
2  ...
3  useNameAsUnicode: true
4}

while processing, instead of using a single sequential char for the unicode, it uses the file name. using the file name as the unicode allows the following code to work as expected.

1.icons {
2  font-family: 'your-font-icon-name' !important;
3  font-size: 16px;
4  font-style: normal;
5  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
6  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
7}

1<i class="icons">add</i>

as you add more svgs and process them into your font you would just use the same pattern.

1<i class="icons">add</i>
2<i class="icons">remove</i>
3<i class="icons">edit</i>

addLigatures

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

adds possibility to use name (file name) in addition to codepoints. adds support of ligatures.

let's say you have some svgs and you want to use codepoints but for some of them for example with a file name of add you want to use ligatures for it. this option only adds ligatures and still allows for using codepoints as usual. this is in contrary to useNameAsUnicode which basically removes support for codepoints in favour of ligatures.

1{
2  ...
3  addLigatures: true
4}

useCSSVars

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

consoles whenever {{ cssString }} template outputs unicode characters or css vars

classNamePrefix

Type: String
Default value: font name

Create font class name prefix, default value font name.

css

Type: Boolean|CSSOptions
Default value: false

Create CSS/LESS files, default true.

1type CSSOptions = {
2  /**
3   * Output the css file to the specified directory
4   */
5  output?: string;
6  /**
7   * Which files are exported.
8   */
9  include?: RegExp;
10  /**
11   * Setting font size.
12   */
13  fontSize?: string | boolean;
14  /**
15   * Set the path in the css file
16   * https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont/issues/48#issuecomment-739547189
17   */
18  cssPath?: string;
19  /**
20   * Set file name
21   * https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont/issues/48#issuecomment-739547189
22   */
23  fileName?: string;
24  /**
25   * Ad hoc template variables.
26   */
27  templateVars?: Record<string, any>;
28  /**
29   * When including CSS files in a CSS file,
30   * you can add a timestamp parameter or custom text to the file path to prevent browser caching issues and ensure style updates are applied. @default true
31   * @example `path/to/iconfont.css?t=1612345678`
32   */
33  hasTimestamp?: boolean | string;
34}

svgicons2svgfont

This is the setting for svgicons2svgfont

svgicons2svgfont.fontName

Type: String
Default value: 'iconfont'

The font family name you want.

svgicons2svgfont.fontId

Type: String
Default value: the options.fontName value

The font id you want.

svgicons2svgfont.fontStyle

Type: String
Default value: ''

The font style you want.

svgicons2svgfont.fontWeight

Type: String
Default value: ''

The font weight you want.

svgicons2svgfont.fixedWidth

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Creates a monospace font of the width of the largest input icon.

svgicons2svgfont.centerHorizontally

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Calculate the bounds of a glyph and center it horizontally.

svgicons2svgfont.normalize

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Normalize icons by scaling them to the height of the highest icon.

svgicons2svgfont.fontHeight

Type: Number
Default value: MAX(icons.height)

The outputted font height (defaults to the height of the highest input icon).

svgicons2svgfont.round

Type: Number
Default value: 10e12

Setup SVG path rounding.

svgicons2svgfont.descent

Type: Number
Default value: 0

The font descent. It is useful to fix the font baseline yourself.

Warning: The descent is a positive value!

svgicons2svgfont.ascent

Type: Number
Default value: fontHeight - descent

The font ascent. Use this options only if you know what you're doing. A suitable value for this is computed for you.

svgicons2svgfont.metadata

Type: String
Default value: undefined

The font metadata. You can set any character data in but it is the be suited place for a copyright mention.

svgicons2svgfont.log

Type: Function
Default value: console.log

Allows you to provide your own logging function. Set to function(){} to disable logging.

svgoOptions

Type: OptimizeOptions Default value: undefined

Some options can be configured with svgoOptions though it. svgo

svg2ttf

This is the setting for svg2ttf

svg2ttf.copyright

Type: String

copyright string

svg2ttf.ts

Type: String

Unix timestamp (in seconds) to override creation time

svg2ttf.version

Type: Number

font version string, can be Version x.y or x.y.

website

Define preview web content. Example:

1{
2  ...
3  // website = null, no demo html files
4  website: {
5    title: "svgtofont",
6    logo: path.resolve(process.cwd(), "svg", "git.svg"),
7    version: pkg.version,
8    meta: {
9      description: "Converts SVG fonts to TTF/EOT/WOFF/WOFF2/SVG format.",
10      keywords: "svgtofont,TTF,EOT,WOFF,WOFF2,SVG",
11      favicon: "./favicon.png"
12    },
13    // Add a Github corner to your website
14    // Like: https://github.com/uiwjs/react-github-corners
15    corners: {
16      url: 'https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont',
17      width: 62, // default: 60
18      height: 62, // default: 60
19      bgColor: '#dc3545' // default: '#151513'
20    },
21    links: [
22      {
23        title: "GitHub",
24        url: "https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont"
25      },
26      {
27        title: "Feedback",
28        url: "https://github.com/jaywcjlove/svgtofont/issues"
29      },
30      {
31        title: "Font Class",
32        url: "index.html"
33      },
34      {
35        title: "Unicode",
36        url: "unicode.html"
37      }
38    ]
39  }
40}

website.template

Type: String
Default value: index.njk

Custom template can customize parameters. You can define your own template based on the default template.

1{
2  website: {
3    template: path.join(process.cwd(), "my-template.njk")
4  }
5}

website.index

Type: String
Default value: font-class, Enum{font-class, unicode, symbol}

Set default home page.

Font Usage

Suppose the font name is defined as svgtofont, The default home page is unicode, Will generate:

1font-class.html
2index.html
3svgtofont.css
4svgtofont.eot
5svgtofont.json
6svgtofont.less
7svgtofont.module.less
8svgtofont.scss
9svgtofont.styl
10svgtofont.svg
11svgtofont.symbol.svg
12svgtofont.ttf
13svgtofont.woff
14svgtofont.woff2
15symbol.html

Preview demo font-class.html, symbol.html and index.html. Automatically generated style svgtofont.css and svgtofont.less.

symbol svg

1<svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
2  <use xlink:href="svgtofont.symbol.svg#svgtofont-git"></use>
3</svg>

Unicode

1<style>
2.iconfont {
3  font-family: "svgtofont-iconfont" !important;
4  font-size: 16px;
5  font-style: normal;
6  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
7  -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.2px;
8  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
9}
10</style>
11<span class="iconfont">&#59907;</span>

Class Name

Support for .less and .css styles references.

1<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="node_modules/fonts/svgtofont.css">
2<i class="svgtofont-apple"></i>

Using With React

Icons are used as components. v3.16.7+ support.

1import { Adobe, Alipay } from '@uiw/icons';
2
3<Adobe style={{ fill: 'red' }} />
4<Alipay height="36" />

In the project created by create-react-app

1import logo from './logo.svg';
2
3<img src={logo}  />

1import { ReactComponent as ComLogo } from './logo.svg';
2
3<ComLogo />

In the project created by webpack

1yarn add babel-plugin-named-asset-import
2yarn add @svgr/webpack

1// webpack.config.js
2[
3  require.resolve('babel-plugin-named-asset-import'),
4  {
5    loaderMap: {
6      svg: {
7        ReactComponent: '@svgr/webpack?-svgo,+ref![path]',
8      },
9    },
10  },
11],

1import { ReactComponent as ComLogo } from './logo.svg';
2
3<ComLogo />

Using With ReactNative

A unique component named after the font name is generated.

Props are TextProps and are used as inline style.

In addition, the iconName prop is mandatory and refers to svg names written in camelCase

1SvgToFont.jsx
2// ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
3
4import { SvgToFont } from './SvgToFont';
5
6<SvgToFont fontSize={32} color="#fefefe" iconName={"git"}  />

1SvgToFont.d.ts
2// ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
3
4import { TextStyle } from 'react-native';
5
6export type SvgToFontIconNames = 'git'| 'adobe'| 'demo' | 'left' | 'styleInline'
7
8export interface SvgToFontProps extends Omit<TextStyle, 'fontFamily' | 'fontStyle' | 'fontWeight'> {
9  iconName: SvgToFontIconNames
10}
11
12export declare const SvgToFont: (props: SvgToFontProps) => JSX.Element;

Contributors

As always, thanks to our amazing contributors!

Made with contributors.

License

Licensed under the MIT License.