[why]
When we overwrite a glyph that originally had some special handling, be
it a substitution or position table entry (GPOS/GSUB), that special
handling is usually not appropriate anymore and has to be removed.
If we need special lookup table entries for the new glyph we would have
to add them later anyhow, because we can not rely on their existance.
In Issue #509 it was a ligature entry, that replaced 'f' followed by 'i'
with the 'fi' ligature. The ligature glyph is overwritten by us with a
telephone symbol and the substitution table entry makes no sense
anymore.
[how]
If we overwrite a preexisting codepoint we remove it from all lookup
tables.
Thanks to all other reporters with details.
Fixes: #509#254
Reported-by: mangelozzi <mangelozzi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
When the font file is not existing the message we get is either
unreadable or missleading (at least for normal users).
[how]
Explicitely state why we can not open a font file, at least in the cases
where we can.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The Nerd Font Version is not added to the SFNT Version.
This is also a TODO item in `font-patcher`.
The SFNT-Revision is not updated at all.
[how]
Set the SFNT Version and Revision.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
With commit
f7d6fcb5 font-patcher: Allow processing of fonts with fsType set
we added support for fonts with the fsType set. This came up in
issue #686 with font 'Bicubik'.
The solution in that commit uses (modern) textual flags in the
`fontforge` open() method. But they have been only introduced in 2020,
so people using older `fontforge` could not patch anything anymore.
This has been reported in issue #691.
As a quick fix the fsType support has been removed with commit
ab6fa3c5 Reverts part of #687 * the patcher refuses to patch all/most fonts with this flag in the open options
[how]
Revert f7d6fcb5 but use the old fashioned numerical open flags
interface instead.
[note]
The textual open() flags have been introduced into `fontforge`s python
interface with their commit
4a76712f0c
Font Open flag improvements
* Document more Open flags
* Add string tuple interface to python FontOpen API
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
When fontforge is not able to open the font we fail with a meaninless
exception. Users might think that the font-patcher script itself is
broken.
[how]
Exit the script with a hint how to get more information if fontforge was
not able to open the font.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
