Frank Grießhammer

Thank you for this nifty little tool! I am quite pleased with it. I noticed the following: - if iTerm is not open at all, the following error message is...

Wrong substitution for Cyrillic io + combining mark

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As mentioned by @codepointless here: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-serif/issues/72#issuecomment-768195125 io + combining mark results in wrong base glyph. The problem is a bug in the ccmp feature – these are the lines responsible:...

ttx: is creating empty XML files necessary?

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I often (sometimes) run into the following scenario: ```bash $ ttx -t os/2 font.otf Dumping "font.otf" to "font.ttx"... No 'os/2' table found. $ ttx -t os_2 font.otf Dumping "font.otf" to...

Why was glyph.center() removed?

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I used to use `glyph.center()` a lot, and am surprised it’s deprecated: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 2, in File "/Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/fontParts/base/deprecated.py", line 326, in center fontParts.base.deprecated.RemovedWarning:...

setting glyph.unicodes

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A Unicode value can be removed from a glyph by just setting `g.unicode = None` When I do `g.unicodes = None`, I get this: ``` Traceback (most recent call last):...

Simplify adding glyphs to group?

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In the world of tuples, adding glyphs to a group is no longer easy: ``` some_groups = ['LATIN', 'lc', 'public.kern1.LAT_j', 'public.kern2.LAT_j'] for group_name in some_groups: glyph_list = list(f.groups.get(group_name)) glyph_list.append('dotlessj') f.groups[group_name]...

uncommon blendModes

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What do the blend modes `clear`, `copy`, `sourceIn`, `sourceOut`, `sourceAtop`, `destinationOver`, `destinationIn`, `destinationOut`, `destinationAtop`, `xOR`, `plusDarker`, `plusLighter` actually do? Not anything, as per my testing: ``` blend_modes = ['normal', 'multiply',...

Problems when using language tag in FormattedString

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I am proofing Cyrillic, including Bulgarian alternates. This example makes two pages, one Russian, the other Bulgarian: ``` import os import drawBot as db def make_proof_page(language_tag): proof_text = 'вгджзийклнпттттфцчшщъьюѝ' font...

Invisible system fonts don’t work in DrawBot module

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This is not a problem caused by DrawBot, but macOS Catalina: When iterating through installed fonts and setting text with them, any PS name prefixed with `.` (and therefore invisible...

FormattedString tracking value – what does it refer to?

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It seems to be neither - an absolute value based on the em square (InDesign)  - a percentage (of what?) (Pages) ![Screen Shot...