Agent skill

Maplibre Fonts Glyphs

by maplibre in maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills

Configuring fonts and glyphs for MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native — the style's glyphs URL, self-hosting or generating font PBFs, the GL JS local-font fallback (omitted glyphs or a failed glyph…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Maplibre Fonts Glyphs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills --skill maplibre-fonts-glyphs -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills maplibre-fonts-glyphs --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs .claude/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
maplibre-fonts-glyphs
GitHub stars
151
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,150 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Configuring fonts and glyphs for MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native — the style's glyphs URL, self-hosting or generating font PBFs, the GL JS local-font fallback (omitted glyphs or a failed glyph…

  • Works in 3 steps: setRTLTextPlugin (MapLibre GL JS API) —… → Use locally generated ideographs… → "About Text Rendering in MapLibre" — SDF…
  • Text labels arent rendering in the intended font
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, MapLibre renders text using…, Setting the glyphs URL and Font options, plus 3 more sections
  • Reaches demotiles.maplibre.org and unpkg.com

What it does

Maplibre Fonts Glyphs is an agent skill from maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills. Configuring fonts and glyphs for MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native — the style's glyphs URL, self-hosting or generating font PBFs, the GL JS local-font fallback (omitted glyphs or a failed glyph fetch), MapLibre Native's font-faces property, and Noto/CJK/RTL/Devanagari script handling. Use when text labels aren't rendering in the intended font, setting up a glyphs server, choosing between self-hosting and generating font PBFs, or handling non-Latin scripts.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Typography. The repository describes itself as: Community-maintained agent skills for MapLibre GL JS — helping AI coding assistants write better mapping code.

When your agent uses it

  • Text labels arent rendering in the intended font
  • Setting up a glyphs server
  • Choosing between self-hosting and generating font PBFs
  • Handling non-Latin scripts

Example prompts

  • “/maplibre-fonts-glyphs”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. setRTLTextPlugin (MapLibre GL JS API) — required for correct Arabic/Hebrew shaping
  2. Use locally generated ideographs (MapLibre GL JS example) — localIdeographFontFamily default and CJK rendering behavior
  3. "About Text Rendering in MapLibre" — SDF glyph architecture, codepoint-to-glyph mapping, and why shaping-dependent scripts (Devanagari…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 99f8774. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are javascript and json).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • demotiles.maplibre.org
    • unpkg.com

    Also links to:

    • github.com
    • maplibre.org
    • maplibre.github.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Maplibre Fonts Glyphs loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 123 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,150 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~123
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,150 words (~2,578 tokens).

“MapLibre doesn't render text with fonts installed on the machine by default. It fetches precomputed glyph images from a server, or (GL JS, since 5.11.0) falls back to local/system fonts. This skill covers where glyphs come from, the GL JS…”

— opening of SKILL.md by maplibre, Custom licence
name
maplibre-fonts-glyphs
status
provisional

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs of maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 99f8774

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Questions about Maplibre Fonts Glyphs

What does Maplibre Fonts Glyphs do?

Configuring fonts and glyphs for MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native — the style's glyphs URL, self-hosting or generating font PBFs, the GL JS local-font fallback (omitted glyphs or a failed glyph…. Maplibre Fonts Glyphs is an agent skill from maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills. Configuring fonts and glyphs for MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native — the style's glyphs URL, self-hosting or generating font PBFs, the GL JS local-font fallback (omitted glyphs or a failed glyph fetch), MapLibre Native's font-faces property, and Noto/CJK/RTL/Devanagari script handling.

When should I use Maplibre Fonts Glyphs?

Maplibre Fonts Glyphs fits situations like: text labels arent rendering in the intended font; setting up a glyphs server; choosing between self-hosting and generating font PBFs; handling non-Latin scripts.

How do I install Maplibre Fonts Glyphs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills --skill maplibre-fonts-glyphs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs in maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Maplibre Fonts Glyphs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills --skill maplibre-fonts-glyphs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs in maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Maplibre Fonts Glyphs in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills --skill maplibre-fonts-glyphs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs, .gemini/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs, .github/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs and .opencode/skills/maplibre-fonts-glyphs in your project.

What does Maplibre Fonts Glyphs need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Maplibre Fonts Glyphs is instructions for the agent only.

Does Maplibre Fonts Glyphs access the network?

SKILL.md names 5 domains. In commands or code: demotiles.maplibre.org and unpkg.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: github.com, maplibre.org and maplibre.github.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Maplibre Fonts Glyphs safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Maplibre Fonts Glyphs use?

Maplibre Fonts Glyphs has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Maplibre Fonts Glyphs use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Maplibre Fonts Glyphs?

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Who maintains Maplibre Fonts Glyphs?

maplibre (a GitHub organization) maintains it in maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills, which has 151 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: maplibre/maplibre-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.