diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/template
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+# Template file for 'python-fonttools'
+pkgname=python-fonttools
+version=3.43.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname#python-}-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="fonttools"
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python2"
+maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
+license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=12b05c56ac60fe15b2fce6958df1408e054a403270ddfc05d3a096afe73d9419
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vlicense LICENSE.external
+}
+
+python3-fonttools_package() {
+	pycompile_module="fonttools"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/python3*"
+		vmove "usr/bin/*3"
+		vlicense LICENSE
+		vlicense LICENSE.external
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools b/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools
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+python-fonttools
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