[edit] interesting packages (Debian names)

fontforge fontforge-doc fonttools libfreetype6 liblasi-dev liblasi0 
libotf-bin libotf-dev libotf0 libpdf-api2-perl otf2bdf texlive-fonts-extra 
ttf-bengali-fonts ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-gujarati-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts 
ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-mph-2b-damase ttf-nafees ttf-oriya-fonts 
ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-paktype ttf-punjabi-fonts ttf-sil-abyssinica 
ttf-sil-charis ttf-sil-doulos ttf-tamil-fonts ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-tmuni 
ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac libgraphite2 libfont-ttf-perl gucharmap gwaterfall 
freetype2-demos mknfonts.tool texpower texpower-manual 
ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10 ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-kochi-mincho 
gsfonts-wadalab-mincho ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-kochi-mincho 
gsfonts-wadalab-mincho xfonts-intl-chinese xfonts-intl-chinese-big 
ttf-arphic-uming ttf-arphic-ukai ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp 
ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp hbf-jfs56 ttf-unfonts xfonts-baekmuk 
libt1-doc libt1-dev mminstance lcdf-typetools

[edit] interesting commands

(see also the respective man pagees)

xlsfonts xfd fc-list fc-match fc-cache fc-cat xset mkfontdir mkfontscale