NAME

       dh_makefont - Debian Font packaging helper

SYNOPSIS

       dh_makefont  [-h, --help] [-c,--copyright <type>] [-p,--package <name[_version]>] [--maint
       MAINT] [-u,--upstream UPSTREAMURL] font_folder

DESCRIPTION

       dh_makefont is a wrapper for the dh_make command to convert regular font  source  packages
       into one formatted according to the requirements of the Debian Policy.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display the name, version, available options and authors, and exit successfully.

       -c, --copyright license
              Use   license   in   copyright  file  for  the  package.  license  can  be  one  of
              apache|artistic|bsd|gpl|gpl2|gpl3|lgpl|lgpl2|lgpl3|x11.

       -p, --package name[_version]
              Force package name to be name. If name_version  is  given  this  will  set  version
              number of package bypassing the directory checking.

       --maint maintainer
              Override  the  default  name  of  the  maintainer from "Debian Fonts Task Force" to
              maintainer.  to *Debian Fonts  Task  Force*.  maintainer  should  be  in  the  form
              Maintainer Name <maint.email>

       -u, --upstream url
              Set  the  url  from  where the fonts were downloaded from to url.  This url will be
              used in the following fields: Homepage: field of the control file and Source: field
              of the copyright file

       -v, --version
              Show the version number of program and exit.

       font_folder
              This  is  the  name of the folder in which you have extracted the fonts.  Rules for
              folder name are same as dh_make. If you didn't give proper name dh_make will fail.

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment settings are used by dh_makefont:

       DEBEMAIL
              Email address to use in control and changelog entries.

       DEBFULLNAME
              You full name, eg "John Doe"  which  will  appear  in  the  control  and  changelog
              entries.

BUGS

       If  the  package  name  has  a  hyphen '-' in it then dh_makefont will mess up the package
       naming.

SEE ALSO

       dh_make(1),dh(1)