fonttools
Python library for manipulating, analyzing and converting font files across formats.
Files, images and media PyPI MIT
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#34 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
47.9M
PyPI, last 7 days, fonttools
GitHub stars
5,287
last push Oct 10, 2026
How fonttools is used
fonttools is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #34 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use Pillow (100.0%), NumPy (93.3%), Requests (90.0%).
Often used with fonttools
| Pillow | 100.0% of fonttools projects · 43.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 93.3% of fonttools projects · 24.3× more than average |
| Requests | 90.0% of fonttools projects · 16.9× more than average |
| pandas | 86.7% of fonttools projects · 28.7× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 86.7% of fonttools projects · 66.7× more than average |
| Matplotlib | 83.3% of fonttools projects · 54.5× more than average |
| packaging | 83.3% of fonttools projects · 73.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list fonttools as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install fonttools |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (28), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | mikegianfelice/Hunter, Zaydo123/RPC-Benchmark, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, nihilistau/CosySim, brandoz2255/Harvis |
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