[Script] Koboify Fonts - Page 2

sherman · 09-30-2015, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Ahhh... a believer in kind words.

It probably isn't wise to state on here what I think of that POS that tries to call itself an interface...

er... did I just say that out loud?

Oops

GERGE · 09-30-2015, 01:44 AM

I have Glyphs and this modifications (adding weight, stripping hinting...) are actually easier to do the with FontForge, I keep it around just for that reason.

sherman · 09-30-2015, 01:50 AM

I have to admit, once you get used to it, the interface is far from unusable really. I certainly wouldn't call it pretty, but it is usable, once you know the basics of how to do things.

I think many troubles I've had with it in the past have been stability and bugginess related. The current builds have certainly improved on the reliability front for sure.

Dr. Drib · 09-30-2015, 03:36 PM

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vandafc · 10-01-2015, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Anyone else posting a download link to Google's "Literata" font will be banned from MobileRead without further warning. This is a copyrighted font and we take copyright infringement very seriously.

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Oups! It's Google of course ...

PeterT · 10-01-2015, 08:21 AM

It's not just Google; it's links to ANY copyrighted material.

vandafc · 10-01-2015, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

It's not just Google; it's links to ANY copyrighted material.

Thanks for the remark Peter but you know, I was joking ...

dmapr · 10-10-2015, 11:07 PM

Hmm, for whatever reason the converted Literata Bold doesn't work. Bold text is rendered with the Regular font. Has anyone else noticed such an effect? The original OTF renders correctly.

sherman · 10-10-2015, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dmapr

Hmm, for whatever reason the converted Literata Bold doesn't work. Bold text is rendered with the Regular font. Has anyone else noticed such an effect? The original OTF renders correctly.

Literata requires the namehack option to work properly. It's the font that caused me to add that option in the first place.

Without that hack, the font does not get renamed properly, and will not display correctly on the Kobo.

I hope this helps.

dmapr · 10-11-2015, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sherman

Literata requires the namehack option to work properly. It's the font that caused me to add that option in the first place.

Without that hack, the font does not get renamed properly, and will not display correctly on the Kobo.

I hope this helps.

The last time I ran the script I'm pretty sure I picked the name hack option. How can I check that the font is indeed named properly?

MGlitch · 10-12-2015, 12:55 AM

Is there a way to strip PANOSE data using the GUI version for either Mac or Windows? I'd rather not muck about with trying to install the CLI version for either OS if I can avoid it, and I don't mind doing the grunt work within fontforge. I can find it easy enough, but aside from changing the information there, which doesn't seem to be stripping it, I can't see a way to remove it.

Honestly, I'm not sure if it makes a huge difference for Literata since that font appears fine on my H2O.

eta- I've installed Fontforge on my Windows 10 box, not a CLI version but the readme did not specify that it needed to be CLI for Windows. Tried running the batch file, and I keep getting the same error

c:\Program Files (x86)\fontforgebuilds\bin\ffpython.exe: can't open file 'c:\users\mercury': [error 2] No such file or directory

sherman · 10-12-2015, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MGlitch

Is there a way to strip PANOSE data using the GUI version for either Mac or Windows? I'd rather not muck about with trying to install the CLI version for either OS if I can avoid it, and I don't mind doing the grunt work within fontforge. I can find it easy enough, but aside from changing the information there, which doesn't seem to be stripping it, I can't see a way to remove it.

Honestly, I'm not sure if it makes a huge difference for Literata since that font appears fine on my H2O.

eta- I've installed Fontforge on my Windows 10 box, not a CLI version but the readme did not specify that it needed to be CLI for Windows. Tried running the batch file, and I keep getting the same error

c:\Program Files (x86)\fontforgebuilds\bin\ffpython.exe: can't open file 'c:\users\mercury': [error 2] No such file or directory

Yeah, for windows and linux at least, the standard fontforge install is fine. As far as stripping PANOSE info in the ff gui, it's a matter of setting the values to 0 (or any) and generate a new font from it.

Are you dragging font files onto the batch file? I must admit the file has not had extensive testing.

To be honest, I'm just about ready to finish retiring this version of the script. I've written a simple wxPython GUI wrapper, and a slightly modified script that I plan on releasing soon under a more generic name.

sherman · 10-12-2015, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dmapr

The last time I ran the script I'm pretty sure I picked the name hack option. How can I check that the font is indeed named properly?

Open it with the windows font viewer (if on windows), the internal font name should match the font name you entered in the script.

Also, make sure you strip the PANOSE information (option '-p'). This is very important for fonts to work properly on Kobo devices.

MGlitch · 10-12-2015, 02:52 AM

Yeah I'm just using the drag/drop bash file. Look forward to your next release. Guess I'll just strip the PANOSE info the 'hard' way for now.

sherman · 10-12-2015, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MGlitch

c:\Program Files (x86)\fontforgebuilds\bin\ffpython.exe: can't open file 'c:\users\mercury': [error 2] No such file or directory

is that the entire output of the script? If not can you output the complete contents of the command window?

At what stage does it fail?

I want to try and figure out where things went wrong, to see if I can improve the script and/or batch file.

09-30-2015, 01:44 AM	#17
GERGE Guru Posts: 732 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	I have Glyphs and this modifications (adding weight, stripping hinting...) are actually easier to do the with FontForge, I keep it around just for that reason. Last edited by GERGE; 09-30-2015 at 08:11 AM.

10-12-2015, 12:55 AM	#26
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,841 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	Is there a way to strip PANOSE data using the GUI version for either Mac or Windows? I'd rather not muck about with trying to install the CLI version for either OS if I can avoid it, and I don't mind doing the grunt work within fontforge. I can find it easy enough, but aside from changing the information there, which doesn't seem to be stripping it, I can't see a way to remove it. Honestly, I'm not sure if it makes a huge difference for Literata since that font appears fine on my H2O. eta- I've installed Fontforge on my Windows 10 box, not a CLI version but the readme did not specify that it needed to be CLI for Windows. Tried running the batch file, and I keep getting the same error c:\Program Files (x86)\fontforgebuilds\bin\ffpython.exe: can't open file 'c:\users\mercury': [error 2] No such file or directory Last edited by MGlitch; 10-12-2015 at 01:33 AM.

10-12-2015, 02:52 AM	#29
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,841 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	Yeah I'm just using the drag/drop bash file. Look forward to your next release. Guess I'll just strip the PANOSE info the 'hard' way for now. Last edited by MGlitch; 10-12-2015 at 02:54 AM.

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09-30-2015, 01:50 AM	#18
sherman Guru Posts: 856 Karma: 2676800 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Taranaki - NZ Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	I have to admit, once you get used to it, the interface is far from unusable really. I certainly wouldn't call it pretty, but it is usable, once you know the basics of how to do things. I think many troubles I've had with it in the past have been stability and bugginess related. The current builds have certainly improved on the reliability front for sure.

09-30-2015, 03:36 PM	#19
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,748 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Moderator Notice Anyone else posting a download link to Google's "Literata" font will be banned from MobileRead without further warning. This is a copyrighted font and we take copyright infringement very seriously. Take note of this warning.

10-01-2015, 08:21 AM	#21
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10-10-2015, 11:07 PM	#23
dmapr Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 600816 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura One	Hmm, for whatever reason the converted Literata Bold doesn't work. Bold text is rendered with the Regular font. Has anyone else noticed such an effect? The original OTF renders correctly.