Adjust italic angle from 10 to 12 and change spacing delta to -8

misc/pylib/fontbuild/Build.pyx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import ConfigParser
 import os
 import sys
+import math
 
 from booleanOperations import BooleanOperationManager
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class FontProject:
         return os.path.join(path, "%s-%s.%s" % (family, style, ext))
 
     def generateFont(self, mix, names, italic=False, swapSuffixes=None, stemWidth=185,
-                     italicMeanYCenter=-825, italicNarrowAmount=1, panose=[]):
+                     italicMeanYCenter=-825, scaleX=1, panose=[]):
 
         n = names.split("/")
         log("---------------------\n%s, %s\n----------------------" %(n[0],n[1]))
@@ -109,16 +110,15 @@ class FontProject:
                 i += 1
                 if i % 10 == 0: print g.name
 
+                if g.name not in self.noItalic:
                     if g.name in self.lessItalic:
-                    italicizeGlyph(f, g, 9, stemWidth=stemWidth,
-                                   meanYCenter=italicMeanYCenter,
-                                   narrowAmount=italicNarrowAmount)
-                elif g.name not in self.noItalic:
                         italicizeGlyph(f, g, 10, stemWidth=stemWidth,
                                        meanYCenter=italicMeanYCenter,
-                                   narrowAmount=italicNarrowAmount)
-                if g.width != 0:
-                    g.width += 10
+                                       scaleX=scaleX)
+                    else:
+                        italicizeGlyph(f, g, 12, stemWidth=stemWidth,
+                                       meanYCenter=italicMeanYCenter,
+                                       scaleX=scaleX)
 
             # set the oblique flag in fsSelection
             f.info.openTypeOS2Selection.append(9)
@@ -144,6 +144,23 @@ class FontProject:
         generateGlyphs(f, self.diacriticList, self.adobeGlyphList)
         # log(">> Reading features")
         # readFeatureFile(f, f.features.text)
+
+        # adjust width of italic glyphs
+        if italic == True:
+            widthAdjustment = -8
+            leftAdjustment = math.floor(widthAdjustment / 2)
+            rightAdjustment = math.ceil(widthAdjustment / 2)
+            for g in f:
+                if g.name not in self.noItalic:
+                    if g.width != 0:
+                        if g.box is None:
+                            g.width += widthAdjustment
+                        else:
+                            newLeftMargin = int(g.leftMargin + leftAdjustment)
+                            newRightMargin = int(g.rightMargin + rightAdjustment)
+                            g.leftMargin  = newLeftMargin
+                            g.rightMargin = newRightMargin
+
         log(">> Decomposing")
         # for g in f:
         #     if len(g.components) > 0:

misc/pylib/fontbuild/italics.pyx

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from fontbuild.alignpoints import alignCorners
 from fontbuild.curveFitPen import fitGlyph, segmentGlyph
 
 
-def italicizeGlyph(f, g, angle=10, stemWidth=185, meanYCenter=-825, narrowAmount=1):
+def italicizeGlyph(f, g, angle=10, stemWidth=185, meanYCenter=-825, scaleX=1):
     unic = g.unicode #save unicode
 
     glyph = f[g.name]
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def italicizeGlyph(f, g, angle=10, stemWidth=185, meanYCenter=-825, narrowAmount
     #   and -825 for a 2816 unit em square. (UPM*0.29296875)
     m = Transform(1, 0, slope, 1, 0, 0)
     xoffset, junk = m.transformPoint((0, meanYCenter))
-    m = Transform(narrowAmount, 0, slope, 1, xoffset, 0)
+    m = Transform(scaleX, 0, slope, 1, xoffset, 0)
 
     if len(glyph) > 0:
         g2 = italicize(f[g.name], angle, xoffset=xoffset, stemWidth=stemWidth)

misc/ufocompile

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def main():
   # styleCode should be one of:
   #   Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
   #
-  # italicNarrowAmount controls scale on the x axis. 1.0 means no scaling.
+  # scaleX controls scale on the x axis, used for italics. 1.0 means no scaling.
   # italicMeanYCenter controls how far on the x axis the glyph should slide
   #   to compensate for the slant.
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def main():
     handledStyles.append('italic')
     proj.generateFont(
       rg.font, "%s/Italic/Italic/Rg" % FAMILYNAME,
-      italic=True, stemWidth=232, italicMeanYCenter=-825, italicNarrowAmount=1,
+      italic=True, stemWidth=232, italicMeanYCenter=-825,
       panose=mkpanose(5))
 
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def main():
     proj.generateFont(
       Mix2([rg, bl], 0.32, glyphSpecializations.get('medium', {})),
       "%s/Medium Italic/Italic/Me" % FAMILYNAME,
-      italic=True, stemWidth=300, italicMeanYCenter=-825, italicNarrowAmount=1,
+      italic=True, stemWidth=300, italicMeanYCenter=-825,
       panose=mkpanose(6))
 
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def main():
     proj.generateFont(
       Mix2([rg, bl], 0.68, glyphSpecializations.get('bold', {})),
       "%s/Bold Italic/Bold Italic/Rg" % FAMILYNAME,
-      italic=True, stemWidth=350, italicMeanYCenter=-825, italicNarrowAmount=1,
+      italic=True, stemWidth=350, italicMeanYCenter=-825,
       panose=mkpanose(8))
 
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def main():
     handledStyles.append('blackitalic')
     proj.generateFont(
       bl.font, "%s/Black Italic/Italic/Bl" % FAMILYNAME,
-      italic=True, stemWidth=400, italicMeanYCenter=-825, italicNarrowAmount=1,
+      italic=True, stemWidth=400, italicMeanYCenter=-825,
       panose=mkpanose(9))
 
   # generate TTFs