fontforge-ot-fixup 0.1.0

Fontforge_plugin to fix issues to generated OT font

Fontforge OT Fixup

Fontforge_plugin to fix issues to generated OT font

Install

pip3 install fontforge_ot_fixup

Make sure Fontforge Python module is usable

In interactive mode of Python, run:

import fontforge

If it raises ModuleNotFoundError exception, install Fontforge first. If installed, make sure the build option set that the Python module gets also installed. If already so, Python interpreter does not recognize the module path where the required module.

export PYTHONPATH=/path/to/fontforge/python/module:$PYTHONPATH

Usage

In Fontforge GUI

This plugin adds following items into "Tools" menu:

• Activate smart dropout

Activate smart dropout

This appends the following bytecode into prep table:

B8h    PUSHW
01FFh  511
85h    SCANCTRL
B0h    PUSHB
04h    4
8Dh    SCANTYPE

If already appended the menu will be disabled.

In Python script

import fontforge
import fontforge_otfixup

font = fontforge.open('path/to/font.sfd')
sdActive = fontforge_otfixup.isSmartDropoutActive(font)
fontforge_otfixup.activateSmartDropout(font)