Glyph Extractor is a small Python script for extracting font glyphs as PNG files. It supports TTF and OTF fonts and is capable of extracting all glyphs from them, including coloured emojis.
- Clone this repo
- Install requirements with
pip install -r requirements.pip - Run the script
python extract_glyphs.py <path_to_font> - Find extracted glyphs in the
outputfolder
Please note: if you want to extract glyphs with embedded colours (e.g. emojis) from an OTF font, you may also need to install Cairo binaries. You can do this with: brew install cairo on MacOS. Please see the CairoSVG documentation for other platforms.
- Extracts all possible glyphs from the font file including emoji variations (skin tones and others).
- Supports filling glyphs with specified color (use
--fill-colorargument). - Supports filling glyphs which have embedded colors (e.g. emojis). To do this use
--no-embed-colorargument, but note that fewer glyphs may be exported. - Automatically determines valid font sizes (no
invalid pixel sizeerrors). - Exported glyphs are named by character hex value, including additional info for emoji variations.
- Can export a glyph for a specified character using
--glyphparameter.
Glyph Extractor was tested (and works!) on this emoji fonts:
- Apple Color Emoji (you can found it in
/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttcif you are using MacOS) - Noto Emoji
- FxEmoji
- EmojiOne Color
If you plan to use the extracted glyphs in your work, please make sure to respect the font's original license.