What is a .GLIF file?
GLIF is the per-glyph XML file inside a UFO (Unified Font Object) typeface source, describing the outline of a single character.
- Did you know
- A UFO font source is a folder of hundreds of small GLIF files - one plain-text XML file per character in the typeface.
- UFO, the Unified Font Object, is an open source format used by type designers in tools like RoboFont and Glyphs to keep a typeface editable and version-controllable.
- Because each glyph is its own plain-text file, two designers can work on different characters of the same font without clashing in version control.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and inspect UFO glyph sources (.glif) - the XML one-glyph format inside Unified Font Object projects used by RoboFont, Glyphs, FontForge and fontTools: read the glyph name, Unicode, advance width and contour/point/component counts, and render the glyph outline. Legacy Embedded OpenType (.eot) web fonts - Microsoft's Internet Explorer-only wrapper around TrueType - are identified.
- Depth of analysis
- .GLIF is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .GLIF file
- Drag a .GLIF file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.
- Related formats
- .EOT. See all supported file types.