Max 分享一些關於處理Python中的字體相關工具。
轉換系統
ufo2ft
https://github.com/googlefonts/ufo2ft
可以通過UFO to OTF/TTF
from defcon import Font
from ufo2ft import compileOTF
ufo = Font('MyFont-Regular.ufo')
otf = compileOTF(ufo)
otf.save('MyFont-Regular.otf')
ufo2fdk
https://github.com/robotools/ufo2fdk
從UFO to AFDKO的轉換
UFO Extractor
https://github.com/robotools/extractor
otf/ttf to UFO
>>> import extractor
>>> import defcon
>>> ufo = defcon.Font()
>>> extractor.extractUFO("/path/to/MyFont.ttf", ufo)
>>> ufo.save("/path/to/MyFont.ufo")
fontmake
https://github.com/googlefonts/fontmake
UFO to otf/ttf
Max 實際測試，這不是一般的折騰！遇到問題時，完全無解，參考看看：
https://stackoverflow.max-everyday.com/2020/02/ufo2ft-filtersrunning-removeoverlapsfilter/
AFDKO
https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko
Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType
Font Merger
https://github.com/iij/fontmerger
合併字型檔案
You can merge some fonts which are regular fonts and symbol fonts(Powerline, Font Awesome) and others.
編輯器
fontParts
https://github.com/robotools/fontParts
An API for interacting with the parts of fonts during the font development process. FontParts is the replacement for RoboFab.
The documentation is at fontparts.readthedocs.io.
defcon
https://github.com/robotools/defcon
A set of UFO based objects for use in font editing applications.
fonttools
https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
A library to manipulate font files from Python.
The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can install it with pip:
pip install fonttools
glyphsLib
https://github.com/googlefonts/glyphsLib
A bridge from Glyphs source files (.glyphs) to UFOs
ufoLib2
https://github.com/fonttools/ufoLib2
ufoLib2 is a UFO font library.
其他
ttfautohint-py
https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py
Python wrapper for ttfautohint, a free auto-hinter for TrueType fonts
fontbakery
https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery
Font quality assurance tool written in Python 3.
kernDump
https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/kern-dump
Scripts for working with and analyzing kerning information
Max 比較建議使用的工具是 FontForge
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases
還有：Glyphr Studio Desktop
https://github.com/glyphr-studio/Glyphr-Studio-Desktop
相關文章：
FontTools 安裝與使用簡明指南
https://stackoverflow.max-everyday.com/2020/02/fonttools/
Awesome Typography
https://github.com/Jolg42/awesome-typography
