diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge-devel b/srcpkgs/fontforge-devel
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+fontforge
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
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+# Template file for 'fontforge'
+pkgname=fontforge
+version=2.0.20140101
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="libltdl-devel python-devel zlib-devel pango-devel readline-devel
+ giflib-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel libxml2-devel
+ hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
+depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
+short_desc="Create and modify PostScript, TrueType and SVG fonts"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3,BSD"
+homepage="http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/archive/${version}.tar.gz
+ http://fontforge.org/cidmaps.tgz"
+checksum="3d7fa1e9e05ccae2a949bf78ae4bfa5ac166d91a370cd1073ed8c51710bc5f00
+ 1bf9c7eb8835e6ed94e62cb49f1141bc046c562849e52e6c3c7f1d7cfc95c7b3"
+
+pre_configure() {
+        sed '/fontforge_package_name/s/^#//' -i configure.ac
+	./autogen.sh --verbose
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vcopy ../Adobe-* usr/share/fontforge
+	vmkdir usr/share/icons/hicolor
+	vcopy "desktop/icons/*x*" usr/share/icons/hicolor
+	vcopy desktop/icons/scalable usr/share/icons/hicolor
+	vinstall desktop/fontforge.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+fontforge-devel_package() {
+        depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+        short_desc+=" -- development files"
+        pkg_install() {
+                vmove usr/include
+                vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+                vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+                vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+        }
+}