Fixes an issue with rendering on Windows with ClearType by decomposing any components which use non-trivial transformations like rotation or shear. This increases font size a bit but not to any worrying degree. Closes #251

Makefile

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ build/ufo/features: src/features
 # hinted TTF files via autohint
 $(FONTDIR)/const-hinted/%.ttf: $(FONTDIR)/const/%.ttf
 	mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
-	ttfautohint --fallback-stem-width=256 --no-info "$<" "$@"
+	ttfautohint --windows-compatibility --adjust-subglyphs --no-info "$<" "$@"
 
 # python -m ttfautohint --fallback-stem-width=256 --no-info "$<" "$@"
 

misc/fontbuild

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ from fontbuildlib.name import setFamilyName, renameStylesGoogleFonts
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# set to true to exclude anchors from .glyphs when generating UFOs
+EXCLUDE_ANCHORS = False
+
 
 def sighandler(signum, frame):
   sys.stdout.write('\n')
@@ -268,7 +271,8 @@ class Main(object):
         if g.name in glyphOrder:
           del(glyphOrder[g.name])
         g.unicodes = []
-      # g.clearAnchors()
+      if EXCLUDE_ANCHORS:
+        g.clearAnchors()
       if 'com.schriftgestaltung.Glyphs.lastChange' in g.lib:
         del(g.lib['com.schriftgestaltung.Glyphs.lastChange'])
 
@@ -380,7 +384,7 @@ class Main(object):
     # generate designspace from glyphs project
     designspace = glyphsLib.to_designspace(
       font,
-      # propagate_anchors=False,
+      propagate_anchors=(not EXCLUDE_ANCHORS),
       instance_dir=relpath(instance_dir, master_dir),
       store_editor_state=False, # do not store glyphs editor UI state in UFOs
     )
@@ -527,9 +531,10 @@ class Main(object):
         del(font.lib[italicAngleKey])
         font.info.italicAngle = italicAngle
 
-      # # clear anchors
+      # clear anchors
-      # for g in font:
+      if EXCLUDE_ANCHORS:
-      #   g.clearAnchors()
+        for g in font:
+          g.clearAnchors()
 
       # update font info
       weight = instance_weight[basename(font.path)]

misc/fontbuildlib/builder.py

@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ class FontBuilder:
     # update version to actual, real version. Must come after any call to setFontInfo.
     updateFontVersion(ufo, dummy=False, isVF=False)
 
+    # decompose some glyphs
+    glyphNamesToDecompose = set()
+    for g in ufo:
+      directives = findGlyphDirectives(g.note)
+      if 'decompose' in directives or (g.components and not composedGlyphIsTrivial(g)):
+        glyphNamesToDecompose.add(g.name)
+    self._decompose([ufo], glyphNamesToDecompose)
+
     compilerOptions = dict(
       useProductionNames=True,
       inplace=True,  # avoid extra copy
@@ -89,9 +97,16 @@ class FontBuilder:
     font.save(outputFilename)
 
 
+  def _decompose(self, ufos, glyphNamesToDecompose):
+    if glyphNamesToDecompose:
+      if log.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+        log.debug('Decomposing glyphs:\n  %s', "\n  ".join(glyphNamesToDecompose))
+      elif log.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO):
+        log.info('Decomposing %d glyphs', len(glyphNamesToDecompose))
+      decomposeGlyphs(ufos, glyphNamesToDecompose)
 
-  @staticmethod
+
-  def _loadDesignspace(designspace):
+  def _loadDesignspace(self, designspace):
     log.info("loading designspace sources")
     if isinstance(designspace, str):
       designspace = DesignSpaceDocument.fromfile(designspace)
@@ -120,6 +135,8 @@ class FontBuilder:
     for ufo in masters:
       for g in ufo:
         directives = findGlyphDirectives(g.note)
+        if g.name == 'parenright':
+          print("parenright directives:", repr(directives))
         if 'decompose' in directives or (g.components and not composedGlyphIsTrivial(g)):
           glyphNamesToDecompose.add(g.name)
         if 'removeoverlap' in directives:
@@ -127,13 +144,7 @@ class FontBuilder:
             glyphNamesToDecompose.add(g.name)
           glyphsToRemoveOverlaps.add(g)
 
-    # decompose
+    self._decompose(masters, glyphNamesToDecompose)
-    if glyphNamesToDecompose:
-      if log.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-        log.debug('Decomposing glyphs:\n  %s', "\n  ".join(glyphNamesToDecompose))
-      elif log.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO):
-        log.info('Decomposing %d glyphs', len(glyphNamesToDecompose))
-      decomposeGlyphs(masters, glyphNamesToDecompose)
 
     # remove overlaps
     if glyphsToRemoveOverlaps: