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+Fontmake compiles fonts from various sources such as
+UFO, glyph and designspace into binaries such as
+OTF and TTF. You can use it to create static instances
+and variable fonts.
+
+To generate OpenType fonts run
+
+fontmake -u MyFontFamily/Regular.ufo
+
+To generate Truetype fonts run
+
+fontmake -u MyFontFamily/Regular.ufo -o ttf
+
+To save the generated font in a different
+directory run
+
+fontmake -u MyFontFamily.ufo -o ttf --output-dir $DIR/ttf