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#!/usr/bin/python
# vim: set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 autoindent expandtab:
# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
# For general fontforge documentation, see:
# For fontforge scripting documentation, see:
# and most importantly:
# To install what you need, on Ubuntu,
# sudo apt-get install python-fontforge
import fontforge
# generate a set of fonts, each with our special glyph at one codepoint,
# and nothing else
for codepoint in range(ord("A"), ord("D") + 1):
for mark, width in [("", 1500), ("2", 1800)]:
charname = chr(codepoint)
f = fontforge.font()
n = "Mark" + mark + charname
f.fontname = n
f.familyname = n
f.fullname = n
f.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008-2020 Mozilla Corporation"
g = f.createChar(ord(" "), "space")
g.width = 1000
g = f.createChar(codepoint, charname)
g.importOutlines("mark" + mark + "-glyph.svg")
g.width = width
f.generate("mark" + mark + charname + ".ttf")
f.generate("mark" + mark + charname + ".otf")
for codepoint in range(ord("A"), ord("A") + 1):
for mark, width in [("", 1500), ("2", 1800)]:
for uposname, upos in [("low", -350), ("high", -50)]:
charname = chr(codepoint)
f = fontforge.font()
n = "Mark" + mark + charname
f.fontname = n
f.familyname = n
f.fullname = n
f.descent = 400
f.upos = upos
f.uwidth = 100
f.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008-2020 Mozilla Corporation"
g = f.createChar(ord(" "), "space")
g.width = 1000
g = f.createChar(codepoint, charname)
g.importOutlines("mark" + mark + "-glyph.svg")
g.width = width
f.generate("mark" + mark + charname + "-" + uposname + "underline.ttf")
# font with a ligature involving a space
f = fontforge.font()
n = "MarkAB-spaceliga"
f.fontname = n
f.familyname = n
f.fullname = n
f.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Mozilla Corporation"
g = f.createChar(ord(" "), "space")
g.width = 1000
for charname in ["A", "B"]:
g = f.createChar(ord(charname), charname)
g.importOutlines("mark-glyph.svg")
g.width = 1500
f.addLookup("liga-table", "gsub_ligature", (), (("liga", (("latn", ("dflt")),)),))
f.addLookupSubtable("liga-table", "liga-subtable")
g = f.createChar(-1, "spaceA")
g.glyphclass = "baseligature"
g.addPosSub("liga-subtable", ("space", "A"))
g.importOutlines("mark2-glyph.svg")
g.width = 1800
f.generate("markAB-spaceliga.otf")
# font with a known line-height (which is greater than winascent + windescent).
f = fontforge.font()
lineheight = 1500
n = "MarkA-lineheight" + str(lineheight)
f.fontname = n
f.familyname = n
f.fullname = n
f.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Mozilla Corporation"
g = f.createChar(ord(" "), "space")
g.width = 1000
g = f.createChar(ord("A"), "A")
g.importOutlines("mark-glyph.svg")
g.width = 1500
f.os2_typoascent_add = False
f.os2_typoascent = 800
f.os2_typodescent_add = False
f.os2_typodescent = -200
f.os2_use_typo_metrics = True
f.os2_typolinegap = lineheight - (f.os2_typoascent - f.os2_typodescent)
# glyph height is 800 (hhea ascender - descender)
f.hhea_linegap = lineheight - 800
f.generate("markA-lineheight" + str(lineheight) + ".ttf")
# Fonts with known winHeight and typoLineHeight such that winHeight is much
# larger than typoLineHeight.
f = fontforge.font()
typoLineHeight = 2700
winHeight = 6000
n = "MarkA-lineheight" + str(winHeight)
n = n + "-typolineheight" + str(typoLineHeight)
f.fontname = n
f.familyname = n
f.fullname = n
f.copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Mozilla Corporation"
g = f.createChar(ord(" "), "space")
g.width = 1000
g = f.createChar(ord("A"), "A")
g.importOutlines("mark-glyph.svg")
g.width = 1500
f.os2_typoascent_add = False
f.os2_typoascent = 800
f.os2_typodescent_add = False
f.os2_typodescent = -200
f.os2_typolinegap = typoLineHeight - (f.os2_typoascent - f.os2_typodescent)
f.hhea_ascent = winHeight / 2
f.hhea_ascent_add = False
f.hhea_descent = winHeight / 2
f.hhea_descent_add = False
f.hhea_linegap = 0
f.os2_winascent = winHeight / 2
f.os2_winascent_add = False
f.os2_windescent = winHeight / 2
f.os2_windescent_add = False
f.os2_use_typo_metrics = True
f.generate(
"markA-lineheight"
+ str(winHeight)
+ "-typolineheight"
+ str(typoLineHeight)
+ ".otf"
)
f.generate(
"markA-lineheight"
+ str(winHeight)
+ "-typolineheight"
+ str(typoLineHeight)
+ ".ttf"
)