I don't know what's wrong with the font, but it makes the FDK's ttxn tool crash, which probably isn't good.
Code:
macbookpro:osx dg$ ./ttxn /Users/dg/Downloads/ex/OEBPS/Fonts/DejaVuLGCSerif-Italic.ttf
Dumping "/Users/dg/Downloads/ex/OEBPS/Fonts/DejaVuLGCSerif-Italic.ttf" to "/Users/dg/Downloads/ex/OEBPS/Fonts/DejaVuLGCSerif-Italic#1.ttx"...
Dumping 'FFTM' table...
Dumping 'GDEF' table...
Dumping 'OS/2' table...
Dumping 'cmap' table...
Dumping 'cvt ' table...
Dumping 'fpgm' table...
Dumping 'gasp' table...
Dumping 'head' table...
Dumping 'hhea' table...
Dumping 'hmtx' table...
Dumping 'kern' table...
Dumping 'loca' table...
Dumping 'maxp' table...
Dumping 'name' table...
Dumping 'post' table...
Dumping 'prep' table...
Dumping 'GSUB' table ...
Dumping 'GPOS' table ...
Dumping 'glyf' table ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./../SharedData/FDKScripts/ttxn.py", line 2185, in <module>
run(sys.argv[1:])
File "./../SharedData/FDKScripts/ttxn.py", line 2177, in run
ttf = ttnDump(input, output, options, showExtensionFlag, supressHints, supressVersions)
File "./../SharedData/FDKScripts/ttxn.py", line 2131, in ttnDump
dumpFont(writer, input, supressHints)
File "./../SharedData/FDKScripts/ttxn.py", line 1954, in dumpFont
dictTxt = shellcmd(["tx", "-dump", "-0", fontPath])
File "./../SharedData/FDKScripts/ttxn.py", line 1944, in shellcmd
p = subprocess.Popen(cmdList,stdout=tempFile, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
File "/Users/dg/Downloads/FDK/Tools/osx/Python/Current/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 672, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/Users/dg/Downloads/FDK/Tools/osx/Python/Current/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1202, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
From the partial output, though:
Code:
<map code="0xfb02" name="fl"/>
in various CMAP tables and
Code:
<ClassDef glyph="fl" class="2"/>
in the GlyphClassDef. And there's an entry in the horizontal metrics table, too. And when I open it in Fontographer, I can see the "fl" glyph.
Is the attached file perhaps the original?
[Edit: Never mind. That sample was from a different poster. Still, there's something dubious about that font.
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