diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 72ede43af..ca39ddcaf 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 version = "2.5"
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/MacRoman.py b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/MacRoman.py
index bfeb0d515..cc559302d 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/MacRoman.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/MacRoman.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 MacRoman = [
 		'NUL', 'Eth', 'eth', 'Lslash', 'lslash', 'Scaron', 'scaron', 'Yacute', 
 		'yacute', 'HT', 'LF', 'Thorn', 'thorn', 'CR', 'Zcaron', 'zcaron', 'DLE', 'DC1', 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/StandardEncoding.py b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/StandardEncoding.py
index 810b2a092..dc01ef8ff 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/StandardEncoding.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/StandardEncoding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 StandardEncoding = [
 		'.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef',
 		'.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef', '.notdef',
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/__init__.py
index e001bb2fc..3f9abc961 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package.
-(It can't be completely empty since WinZip seems to skip empty files.)
-"""
+"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/__init__.py
index e001bb2fc..3f9abc961 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package.
-(It can't be completely empty since WinZip seems to skip empty files.)
-"""
+"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/__init__.py
index e001bb2fc..3f9abc961 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package.
-(It can't be completely empty since WinZip seems to skip empty files.)
-"""
+"""Empty __init__.py file to signal Python this directory is a package."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/standardGlyphOrder.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/standardGlyphOrder.py
index fdb666a67..4b2d0cd96 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/standardGlyphOrder.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/standardGlyphOrder.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 #
 # 'post' table formats 1.0 and 2.0 rely on this list of "standard"
 # glyphs.
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/B_A_S_E_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/B_A_S_E_.py
index 9551e2c6d..14906b403 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/B_A_S_E_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/B_A_S_E_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/C_B_L_C_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/C_B_L_C_.py
index 2f785710e..3d67dd0c2 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/C_B_L_C_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/C_B_L_C_.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # Google Author(s): Matt Fontaine
 
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import E_B_L_C_
 
 class table_C_B_L_C_(E_B_L_C_.table_E_B_L_C_):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/F_F_T_M_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/F_F_T_M_.py
index 20a12eca5..3d110bdb6 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/F_F_T_M_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/F_F_T_M_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools.misc import sstruct
 from fontTools.misc.textTools import safeEval
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_D_E_F_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_D_E_F_.py
index d4a574148..08faf6272 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_D_E_F_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_D_E_F_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_P_O_S_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_P_O_S_.py
index 013c8209b..1c36061c9 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_P_O_S_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_P_O_S_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_S_U_B_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_S_U_B_.py
index 44036490d..d23e8ba1f 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_S_U_B_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/G_S_U_B_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/J_S_T_F_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/J_S_T_F_.py
index ddf54055f..dffd08b09 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/J_S_T_F_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/J_S_T_F_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/M_A_T_H_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/M_A_T_H_.py
index d894c0827..8c329ba59 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/M_A_T_H_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/M_A_T_H_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_B_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_B_.py
index 5cc54e27e..e0278626b 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_B_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_B_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_B_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_D_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_D_.py
index 8228f8a90..4949b96c1 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_D_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_D_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_D_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_J_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_J_.py
index 0983b57c6..a78dcffba 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_J_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_J_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_J_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_P_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_P_.py
index e34a18c99..c7e482644 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_P_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_P_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_P_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_S_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_S_.py
index 56373e664..03bb49600 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_S_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_S_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_S_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_V_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_V_.py
index a87e3f7d4..3c0f15b5e 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_V_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I_V_.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from . import asciiTable
 
 class table_T_S_I_V_(asciiTable.asciiTable):
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__2.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__2.py
index 15c02abaa..a34ed57c6 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__2.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__2.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools import ttLib
 
 superclass = ttLib.getTableClass("TSI0")
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__3.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__3.py
index eb4087cfb..ca0995a41 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__3.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/T_S_I__3.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools import ttLib
 
 superclass = ttLib.getTableClass("TSI1")
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/V_D_M_X_.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/V_D_M_X_.py
index 04772c923..ac045874a 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/V_D_M_X_.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/V_D_M_X_.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from fontTools.ttLib.tables import DefaultTable
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+from . import DefaultTable
 from fontTools.misc import sstruct
 from fontTools.misc.textTools import safeEval
 import struct
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/__init__.py
index 5541abc57..53af1a9c8 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 
 # DON'T EDIT! This file is generated by MetaTools/buildTableList.py.
 def _moduleFinderHint():
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_e_a_t.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_e_a_t.py
index eb03f8ba6..371527142 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_e_a_t.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_e_a_t.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_v_a_r.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_v_a_r.py
index eec39c650..9733726a8 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_v_a_r.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_f_v_a_r.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from .otBase import BaseTTXConverter
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_g_l_y_f.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_g_l_y_f.py
index 623f307d8..03b647f2a 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_g_l_y_f.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_g_l_y_f.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """_g_l_y_f.py -- Converter classes for the 'glyf' table."""
 
-
 from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools.misc import sstruct
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_p_r_e_p.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_p_r_e_p.py
index fc92665dc..1cd1c030e 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_p_r_e_p.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_p_r_e_p.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools import ttLib
 
 superclass = ttLib.getTableClass("fpgm")
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_v_m_t_x.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_v_m_t_x.py
index c204de64a..2ac497ded 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_v_m_t_x.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_v_m_t_x.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 from fontTools import ttLib
 
 superclass = ttLib.getTableClass("hmtx")
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otData.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otData.py
index c2d84b682..f47e7ee22 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otData.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/otData.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 otData = [
 
 	#
diff --git a/MetaTools/buildTableList.py b/MetaTools/buildTableList.py
index 0153ec726..2285f3d3f 100755
--- a/MetaTools/buildTableList.py
+++ b/MetaTools/buildTableList.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ tables.sort()
 file = open(os.path.join(tablesDir, "__init__.py"), "w")
 
 file.write('''
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
 # DON'T EDIT! This file is generated by MetaTools/buildTableList.py.
 def _moduleFinderHint():
 	"""Dummy function to let modulefinder know what tables may be