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 Convert a font file to Python source code.
 
+# Dependency
+
+The utility requires `freetype` which may be installed using `pip3`. On Linux
+at a root prompt:
+
+```shell
+# apt-get install python3-pip
+# pip3 install freetype-py
+```
+
 # Usage
 
 ``font_to_py.py`` is a command line utility written in Python 3. It is run on a