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diff --git a/cmd/fonttobytes/main.go b/cmd/fonttobytes/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/zlib"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintln(flag.CommandLine.Output(), "Usage: fonttobytes font.ttf")
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if flag.NArg() != 1 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		return
+	}
+
+	font, err := ioutil.ReadFile(flag.Arg(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	// compress with zlib
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	w := zlib.NewWriter(&buf)
+	w.Write(font)
+	w.Close()
+
+	// this could be done more simply with %+v, but that takes up
+	// significantly more space due to printing each byte in hex
+	// rather than dec format.
+
+	fmt.Printf("[]byte{")
+	for i, b := range buf.Bytes() {
+		if i > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf(", ")
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%d", b)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("}\n")
+}