diff --git a/bin/changeFontFamily b/bin/changeFontFamily
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7012b1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/changeFontFamily
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import fontforge as ff
+import sys
+
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+if args[0] == '--help':
+    print("changeFontFamily <font> <family> <newFont>")
+else:
+    font = args[0]
+    family = args[1]
+    newfont = args[2]
+    f = ff.open( args[0] )
+    f.familyname = family
+    f.generate(newfont)
diff --git a/bin/fontFamily b/bin/fontFamily
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9297423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fontFamily
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import fontforge as ff
+import sys
+
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+if args[0] == '--help':
+    print("fontFamily <font>")
+else:
+    font = args[0]
+    f = ff.open( args[0] )
+    print( f.familyname )