This repository offers different functions to generate and manipulates Noto fonts.
The best way to use it is to run NotoMaker.py (located in the script folder) in a terminal followed by an argument and the path of the family folder you want to work on.
python3 ~/NotoMaker.py [generation option] <folder path if needed> [output option] <list of format(s) in lowercase>
So far NotoMaker has the following options:
-sub : For subsetting. It display the available subsets if the fnt is subsettable (like latin-greek-cyrillic or arabic typefaces). It displays the list and let the user input the needed one(s), then make the fonts. If you add the option -name you can rename the final fonts on the fly.
--script : same as previous, but you have to give yourself the subsets you want to apply.
--fastgen : make all instances from the variable font (faster than interpolating UFOs and then generating fonts. But limited to ttf, woff, woff2 formats, and contours are not merged)
-var : generate the variable font.
-gen : interpolate and then generate the family. If the writing system is not a latin one, it add a "secure set" of glyphs from NotoSans, NotoSerif, NotoSans-Italic or NotoSerif-Italic (depending if the style of the font).
--static : extract one or more instances from a variable font.
-r : rename the fonts.
--salt : Set I.alt and J.alt stylistic alternate shapes as default in the generated font(s).
--allVF, --allOTF and --allTTF : These 3 commands don't need folder path since they work on all families.
--merge : give 2 folder paths for 2 families you want to merge. The script will find common style and create new fonts only for theses matching styles. To ensure a fast generation, it will use instances extracted from a variable font (unless the family has only one style).
NotoMaker needs Python 3.6. Regarding the librairies, it requires: +fontTools (4.6.0) +ufo2ft (2.9.1) [] +defcon (0.6.0) +fontmake (2.0.3) +ufoLib2 (0.6.2)
If you don't have them already installed in your OS, you can download them from github
and install them with pip3, using the pip3 install -e . command once in the folder.
The /script folder contains a script called "maintainSources.py" thant convert any source put in the /sandbox folder into UFO3s+designspace in a folder named accordingly to the font family name inside the /src folder.