import fontforge import psMat import math import sys source = sys.argv[1] font = fontforge.open(source) # Replace accented characters into references print "Reference finding: ", font.fontname font.selection.select(("ranges", "unicode", None), 0x1FCD, 0x1FCF, 0x1FDD, 0x1FDF) font.replaceWithReference(2) font.selection.all() font.selection.select(("less", None), "I.straight", "dotlessi.straight", "l.straight") font.replaceWithReference(2) # Remove overlapped area print "Overlap Removal: ", font.fontname font.selection.all() font.removeOverlap() font.round() font.removeOverlap() for i in font: glyph = font[i] if len(glyph.references) > 0 and len(glyph.layers["Fore"]) > 0: # a mixed glyph glyph.unlinkRef() glyph.removeOverlap() font.selection.all() font.replaceWithReference(2) # Outline simplify print "Simplify, pass 1: ", font.fontname font.layers["Fore"].is_quadratic = False font.selection.all() font.simplify(font.em / 1000.0 * 0.75, ("smoothcurves", "choosehv"), 0.1) print "Simplify, pass 2: ", font.fontname oldem = font.em font.em = 1000 font.layers["Fore"].is_quadratic = True font.transform(psMat.skew(-font.italicangle / 180 * math.pi)) print "Finalize: ", font.fontname font.em = oldem font.mergeFeature(sys.argv[2]) font.canonicalContours() font.canonicalStart() font.generate(sys.argv[3], flags = ("short-post", "opentype"))