Convert other way around - from WOFF to TTF

[AndyOGo]

Awesome tool.

Though I would like to do the conversion the other way around.
From WOFF or WOFF2 to TTF.

[benjatron]

An issue I can see is that you'd have to handle both PostScript and TrueType outlines (both supported by WOFF) and force them to a TrueType standard. Additionally, the conversion library at the heart of fontplop right now seems to go only one way.

All that said, there are definitely tools out there that do this, so there is a way, but it might require being very opinionated on what comes out the other end.

[briangonzalez]

@benjatron Do you have a link to said tools?

[benjatron]

Sure! I'm not sure about the quality of the tools because my experience is usually going from OTF/TTF to WOFF/2 rather than the other way around.

A couple of online solutions can be found here:
cloudconvert
everythingfonts.com

I also found a couple of libraries, though again I'm not sure of the ultimate quality:
PHP - woff2ttf
Node - woff2sfnt

If these are at all usable, I'm hoping they help. If not, I hope I haven't wasted too much of your time. I'd be surprised if you get the same file going from TTF -> WOFF -> TTF, but it'd be very interesting even just to see what differences there are.

[briangonzalez]

If you'd be willing to have a go on the command line and are happy with the output, we can add it in.

Mind giving it a shot?

[benjatron]

Sure! Given the current setup for the app, would it be preferable to test with woff2sfnt (the Node library) first?

[briangonzalez]

Perfect.