[why]
Patching CartographCF-Bold.ttf creates this naming:
Family (ID 1) : CartographF Nerd Font Condensed
SubFamily (ID 2) : Bold
Fullname (ID 4) : CartographF Nerd Font Condensed Bold
PSN (ID 6) : CartographFNF-CondensedBold
PrefFamily (ID 16) : CartographF Nerd Font
PrefStyles (ID 17) : Condensed Bold
CartographF Nerd Font Condensed Bold
\===> 'CartographFNerdFont-CondensedBold.ttf'
[how]
The font-patcher historically used the file name of the to-be-patched
font to come up with the new name. When the FontnameParser has been
developed that mechanics has been copied at least for fallback. The
earliest tests compared old and new naming with all the filenames.
Later, when the FontnameParser has been used to really apply name
changes it has always based the parsing on the Fullname or the PSname,
because they really hold the information (or at least should hold);
while the filename might be completely random.
Still code the dealt with specific problems in FILEnames prevailed. The
Ubuntu font for example has a file name like 'Ubuntu-C.ttf', and we
needed to convert the C to Condensed.
As that requirement vanished we can drop all the code that has been
added specifically only for parsing the Ubuntu font filenames.
Side note: USUALLY font filenames should be roughly equal to the PSname.
Fixes: #1258
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
For fonts that have no Italic but an Oblique - i.e. when Oblique shall
replace the Italic role in RIBBI font grouping (classic group of 4) -
that grouping fails.
This affects DejaVu on Putty.
[how]
For RIBBI grouping only the classic bits are considered. That means that
for fonts that have Oblique instead of Italic (and not additionally) we
need to set the ITALIC bit and the OBLIQUE bit. This has been
overlooked.
Cite from the specs:
> This bit, unlike the ITALIC bit (bit 0), is not related to style-linking
> in applications that assume a four-member font-family model comprised
> of regular, italic, bold and bold italic. It may be set or unset
> independently of the ITALIC bit. In most cases, if OBLIQUE is set, then
> ITALIC will also be set, though this is not required.
[note]
Also increase font-patcher version.
Fixes: #1249
Reported-by: Huifeng Shen <liaoya@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Because we do not know if a complete family of fonts has an italic face
we must always assume it does. To get clean RIBBI families in ID1/2 we
create a different family for the oblique slant.
But that is not needed if the font does not have an italic slant, but
just an oblique one (like Bitstream Vera and descendants).
[how]
Add new command line option for font-patcher that specifies if the
family of fonts should be patched under the assumption that there might
be an italic face (default), or if we are sure there is none (and we can
leave oblique in the RIBBI group).
This is then applied to the config.cfg files.
Note that this does not take into account any other of the known_slants.
But they are not encountered in any of our prepatched fonts.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Oblique is not detected correctly anymore.
[how]
With commit
ae656bad8 name-parser: Further formalize style handling
'Oblique' has been taken out of the direct 'known_names' which has been
replaced by a more detailed list of known name parts. It ended up in
known_slopes.
But known_sloped is not taken into consideration as 'weight' when parsing
the font name - no it ends up in 'rest'.
This has been obviously overlooked.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
It's not nessecary to shorten the PSname so much when no shortening is
in place otherwise. This has been thought of as a good idea, because
noone really cares about the PSname and we can avoid any problems. But
checking with the current set of sourcefonts and using the current
shortening options, keeping it longer is never a problem.
It would be a problem for the Fullname ID4 before, and so we always
shorten more.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
It is hard to grep for all naming related errors, because there is no
common format.
[how]
Make them also visually similar and error cases easily spotted.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
If the font name is changed in a way where it now ends in a blank (for
example because 'Name Momo' got 'Momo' dropped: 'Name '), that blank is
not removed immediately.
Well, it is later on, but anyhow.
This can only happen on malformed SIL entries. But we want to have a
correct replacement anyhow.
[how]
Remove trailing whitespace after replacements.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
When we have a weight/width that can take a modifier, and a modifier is
present we always take the shortest form of the weight/width.
This is not how it is customarily done.
Experienced:
ExtraCondensed ExtraBold -> ExtCd ExtBd
Expected:
ExtraCondensed ExtraBold -> ExtCond ExtBd
[how]
In case a modifier is present:
Use the shortest form for weights.
Use the longer short form for widths.
[note]
Also circumvent CodeClimate issue by replacing if-s with formulas.
And adding one nonsense entry to the data tables, because they were
too 'similar' :rolleyes:
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
We want to keep "Nerd Font" in the font name if possible and instead
shorten the weight part with accepted abbreviations. But these abbrevs
are hard to read and sometimes a more mild abbreviating might be
sufficient to get the desired name length.
[how]
Introduce a new shortening method for the weight parts of a family name.
It takes a longer word (often un-shortened) when a weight stands on its
own, but when a modifier is used together with the weight the more
aggressive two-letter abbreviations are used.
That new shortening method becomes the default and all the functions get
a new parameter to enforce completely aggressive shortening, i.e. always
use the shortest possible form.
The new way to shorten is exposed all the way out to the font-patcher
user who can select the shortening method as parameter to the
--makegroups option. That option is undocumented because I expect some
changes later on, still.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Some name parts occur in several fonts but they take too much length
that we need to add 'Nerd Font' to the font name.
This can be handled as 'generic' SIL table parts, but the algorithm
stops searching for replacements one it has found one.
[how]
Always evaluate all rules of the SIL table.
Add entries for generics to the SIL table.
Add rule for BigBlueTerminal (437TT).
Also fix rule for MPlus that underwent a naming change with its update.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
In a lot fonts when Oblique is moved to the base part of the name the
family gets too long. Since the base part is never shortened it will
stay there and make some fonts will end up with too ong bas families:
DejaVuSansMonoOblique
IosevkaTermOblique
OpenDyslexicOblique
ProggyCleanOblique
[how]
If the name is shortened, take the short form of oblique and add that to
the base name.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The name parts of a font are rather restricted in length. Most
systems/applications do not have any problems with long strings, but
some will complain or ignore such fonts.
At the moment each font needs to be checked individually manually after
patching for length violations, which is hard.
[how]
Issue a message if one name in longer than endorsed.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The outputs while patching are very ad-hoc and not grouped
systematically.
If run via gotta-patch-em the output is hard to process afterwards
automatically.
[how]
Use the logging module which outputs the messages and also writes a
run-log with all vital information.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Cognitive burden of shorten_style_name() is 13 (allowed 9).
Duplicate code
if self.use_short_families[1]:
weights = FontnameTools.short_styles(weights)
styles = FontnameTools.short_styles(styles)
[how]
I do not really buy the duplicate code issue (but circumvent it anyway).
shorten_style_name() was really hard to grasp, maybe use of a helper
function makes it more readable.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
We created two fonts, one 'normal' and one 'Windows Compatible'. The
later one used shorter names because there are some Microsoft
applications that can not work with long (family-) names.
But it would be better to have universally usable fonts, like all our
sourcefonts. It would reduce confusion and also reduce the size of
installation packages.
[how]
ID 1 (Family) family()
Unchanged
Take the short form font name. Appends depending on mode short or long
weight.
ID 2 (SubFamily) subfamily()
Unchanged
Transmogifies Oblique to Italic.
Returns long form styles (i.e. RIBBI)
ID 4 (Fullname) CFF.Fullname fullname()
Take the short form font name (instead of long).
Depending on mode take short or long styles.
This is now in line with ID 4 = ID 1 + ID 2
ID 6 (PS Fullname) CFF.FontName psname()
We limited the length to 31 characters, which is sometimes too short
to have different names for fonts of one same family.
Now we take the short forms of name suffix and styles, for example
VictorMonoNFM-BdIt
ID 16 (Typogr. Family) preferred_family()
The name itself is unchanged (short form name plus verbose suffix),
but the suppression check has been fixed to really compare the
resulting name with the ID 1 name.
ID 17 (Typogr. Subfamily) preferred_styles()
This is unchanged (long form styles) but the suppression check has been
fixed to really compare the resulting string with ID 2.
CFF.Familyname ps_familyname()
Uses ID 16 now and ID 1 as fallback. Was always ID 1 before, which is
wrong.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Specifying an empty string as prefix unexpectedly does not enable short
family names for all fonts - but for no font at all.
Usually an empty prefix matches all strings (font names).
This makes it hard to enable short families for all fonts no matter
what.
[how]
Fix detection if the prefix is False or a string.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
This just drops the 'windows compatibility' options in association with
the name parser (i.e. --makegroups') as we want to always create fonts
that work on any platform.
Note that the fonts prodused right now are NOT windows compat anymore
and you can not specify the flag. Violating 'git rules' this commit is
not working correctly. But it is easier to do this in smaller steps.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The postscript font name length limit of 31 is only present in very old
post script printers. And even then it depends on the printing method.
Some of our well knows source fonts have longer PS names (Noto etc).
And the limit exists regardless of windows or not.
[how]
Let limit depend on PS name part (font name or family name).
Remove reference to windows compat mode.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
There are some more name entries that we should rename or remove.
None of the fonts in the src/unpatched-fonts/ has these set; but in
principle a font could have it set and then we would need to handle
that.
[how]
Just remove the entries if they are existing.
Note that we do not handle NameID 25.
Also add some more comments.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
When we rename a font we should always also change the unique ID.
[how]
Take the fullname and the Nerd Font version number. In general we do not
have the version number in the NameParser object; but we have the
'Version' name and we loot the last word (which we have set to the Nerd
Font version already in the patcher) as version descriptor.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Sometimes we set an empty string as SubFamily name. That ends up as
'Book' which is unexpected.
[how]
The translation from empty to "Book" is done by Fontforge, at least
with version 20220308.
Make sure we always have a SubFamily, and if we don't that must be a
'Regular'.
[note]
This was only a problem with the old naming engine. --makegroups got
this right always.
Fixes: #1046
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The naming has bizarre blanks strewn in sometimes,
or is all caps. For example
`C a s k a y d i a C o v e` or
`CASKAYDIACOVE-Regular`
[how]
When run under Python2 all strings are unicode strings because
`unicode_literals` is imported by `font-patcher`.
Unfortunately the code checks for type str; but that will all become
type unicode with the import.
One check is suboptimal anyhow and can be dropped, while the other is
turned around.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
The fontname for Windows can be quite unusable, for example
`CaskaydiaCoveNerdFontCompleteM-`
for several different fonts, as this is the maximum allowed length of 31
characters that is enforced.
The style/weight is completely lost.
[how]
Split the name into base and style (at a dash `-`) and just shrink the
base name. Result for example:
`CaskaydiaCoveN-ExtraLightItalic`
Use equal approach for the PostScriptName (although it is less likely
that length limit is ever met).
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
fontforge has an undocumented call to set the fsSelection bits.
Never rely on documentation :-(
Found this here:
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3174
And the readback values are actually not read from the source font, so
we do not use them.
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
[why]
Under certain circumstances the WWS names (Family and Subfamily) are
used to identify a font. We do not touch these SFNT table entries, so
when the font is renamed these are wrong (have the original name).
Font-grouping will go wrong then.
[how]
The typographic ('Preferred') Family and Styles are set correctly
already and they follow the WWS pattern, so the WWS fields can be (and
should) be empty. They exist to allow font grouping in the case where
the typographic names do not follow that pattern.
Remove preexisting WWS entries (because they are not needed anymore,
otherwise we would need to write the corrected new names there).
We already set the WWS bit in fsSelection that is needed:
def fs_selection(self, fs):
"""Modify a given fsSelection value for current name, bits 0, 5, 6, 8, 9 touched"""
[...]
b |= WWS # We assert this by our naming process
return b
Unfortunately we have no way (jet) to set fsSelection.
This is only the case for Iosevka for all fonts in src/unpatched-fonts.
Reported-by: Rui Ming (Max) Xiong <xsrvmy>
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
DO NOT MERGE
[why]
A lot of the fonts have incorrect naming after patching. A completely
different approach can help to come up with a consistent naming scheme.
[how]
See bin/scripts/name-parser/README.md
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <ulf.fini.jastrow@desy.de>
