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+# TrueType font parser.
+
+Fountainhead is a TrueType and OpenType font parser. Its main
+purpose is to extract information from the fonts to help to
+embed these fonts into PDF documents. It also supports dumping
+font information to the screen.
+
+There is also an executable to dump fonts.
+
+## Installation
+
+Add the library as dependency to your project.
+Alternatively build and run the executable with:
+
+```sh
+cabal build
+```
+
+The binary can be executed with:
+
+```sh
+cabal run fountainhead --
+```
+
+or installed locally and executed just as:
+
+```sh
+fountainhead
+```
+
+See
+
+```sh
+fountainhead --help
+```
+
+for help.
+
+## Usage