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From: Arturs Jansons <a.jansons@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:30:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Created Merge FontAwesome with any other font (markdown)

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+It is possible to merge FontAwesome to any other font, because all characters belongs to `unicode-range="U+0020-F500` - which is different cells neither popular chars at other fonts.
+
+As described on http://fontforge.github.io/scripting.html#Example - use following command `sfddiff.sh FontAwesome.sfd --merge FontAwesome.sfd` to merge two font files together.
+
+```
+#!/usr/local/bin/fontforge
+#This is the sfddiff script which compares two fonts
+
+if ( Strtol($version) < 20060330 )
+  Error( "Please upgrade to a more recent version of fontforge" )
+endif
+
+flags=0x789
+outfile=""
+
+while ( $argc > 1 && Strsub($1,0,1)=="-" )
+  temp = $1
+  if ( Strsub(temp,1,2)=='-' )
+    temp = Strsub(temp,1)
+  endif
+
+  if ( temp=="-ignorehints" )
+    flags = flags & ~0x8
+  elseif ( temp=="-ignorenames" )
+    flags = flags & ~0x100
+  elseif ( temp=="-ignoregpos" )
+    flags = flags & ~0x200
+  elseif ( temp=="-ignoregsub" )
+    flags = flags & ~0x400
+  elseif ( temp=="-ignorebitmaps" )
+    flags = flags & ~0x80
+  elseif ( temp=="-exact" )
+    flags = flags | 0x2
+  elseif ( temp=="-warn" )
+    flags = flags | 0x44
+  elseif ( temp=="-merge" )
+    flags = flags | 0x1800
+    shift
+    outfile = $1
+  elseif ( temp=="-help" )
+    Print( "sfddiff: [--version] [--help] [--usage] [--ignorehints] [--ignorenames] [--ignoregpos] [--ignoregsup] [--ignorebitmaps] [--warn] [--exact] fontfile1 fontfile2" )
+    Print( " Compares two fontfiles" )
+    Print( " --ignorehints: Do not compare postscript hints or truetype instructions" )
+    Print( " --ignorenames: Do not compare font names" )
+    Print( " --ignoregpos:  Do not compare kerning, etc." )
+    Print( " --ignoregsub:  Do not compare ligatures, etc." )
+    Print( " --ignorebitmaps: Do not compare bitmap strikes" )
+    Print( " --exact:       Normally sfddiff will match contours which are not exact" )
+    Print( "                but where the differences are slight (so you could compare" )
+    Print( "                truetype and postscript and get reasonable answers). Also" )
+    Print( "                normally sfddiff will unlink references before it compares" )
+    Print( "                (so you can compare a postscript font (with no references)" )
+    Print( "                to the original source (which does have references)). Setting")
+    Print( "                this flag means glyphs must match exactly.")
+    Print( " --warn:        Provides a warning when an exact match is not found" )
+    Print( " --merge outfile: Put any outline differences in the backgrounds of" )
+    Print( "                appropriate glyphs" )
+return(0)
+  elseif ( temp=="-version" )
+    Print( "Version 1.0" )
+return(0)
+  else
+break
+  endif
+  shift
+endloop
+
+if ( $argc!=3 || $1=="--usage" || $1=="-usage" )
+  Print( "sfddiff: [--version] [--help] [--usage] [--ignorehints] [--ignorenames] [--ignoregpos] [--ignoregsup] [--ignorebitmaps] [--warn] [--exact] [--merge outfile] fontfile1 fontfile2" )
+return(0)
+endif
+
+Open($2)
+Open($1)
+CompareFonts($2,"-",flags)
+if ( outfile!="" )
+  Save(outfile)
+endif
+```
+
+https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/4339
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