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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+""" Convert SVG paths to UFO glyphs. """
+
+from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
+
+__requires__ = ["FontTools", "ufoLib"]
+
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import SimpleNamespace
+from fontTools.svgLib import SVGPath
+
+from ufoLib.pointPen import SegmentToPointPen
+from ufoLib.glifLib import writeGlyphToString
+
+
+__all__ = ["svg2glif"]
+
+
+def svg2glif(svg, name, width=0, height=0, unicodes=None, transform=None,
+             version=2):
+    """ Convert an SVG outline to a UFO glyph with given 'name', advance
+    'width' and 'height' (int), and 'unicodes' (list of int).
+    Return the resulting string in GLIF format (default: version 2).
+    If 'transform' is provided, apply a transformation matrix before the
+    conversion (must be tuple of 6 floats, or a FontTools Transform object).
+    """
+    glyph = SimpleNamespace(width=width, height=height, unicodes=unicodes)
+    outline = SVGPath.fromstring(svg, transform=transform)
+
+    # writeGlyphToString takes a callable (usually a glyph's drawPoints
+    # method) that accepts a PointPen, however SVGPath currently only has
+    # a draw method that accepts a segment pen. We need to wrap the call
+    # with a converter pen.
+    def drawPoints(pointPen):
+        pen = SegmentToPointPen(pointPen)
+        outline.draw(pen)
+
+    return writeGlyphToString(name,
+                              glyphObject=glyph,
+                              drawPointsFunc=drawPoints,
+                              formatVersion=version)
+
+
+def parse_args(args):
+    import argparse
+
+    def split(arg):
+        return arg.replace(",", " ").split()
+
+    def unicode_hex_list(arg):
+        try:
+            return [int(unihex, 16) for unihex in split(arg)]
+        except ValueError:
+            msg = "Invalid unicode hexadecimal value: %r" % arg
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg)
+
+    def transform_list(arg):
+        try:
+            return [float(n) for n in split(arg)]
+        except ValueError:
+            msg = "Invalid transformation matrix: %r" % arg
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg)
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Convert SVG outlines to UFO glyphs (.glif)")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "infile", metavar="INPUT.svg", help="Input SVG file containing "
+        '<path> elements with "d" attributes.')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "outfile", metavar="OUTPUT.glif", help="Output GLIF file (default: "
+        "print to stdout)", nargs='?')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-n", "--name", help="The glyph name (default: input SVG file "
+        "basename, without the .svg extension)")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-w", "--width", help="The glyph advance width (default: 0)",
+        type=int, default=0)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-H", "--height", help="The glyph vertical advance (optional if "
+        '"width" is defined)', type=int, default=0)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-u", "--unicodes", help="List of Unicode code points as hexadecimal "
+        'numbers (e.g. -u "0041 0042")',
+        type=unicode_hex_list)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-t", "--transform", help="Transformation matrix as a list of six "
+        'float values (e.g. -t "0.1 0 0 -0.1 -50 200")', type=transform_list)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-f", "--format", help="UFO GLIF format version (default: 2)",
+        type=int, choices=(1, 2), default=2)
+
+    return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    from io import open
+
+    options = parse_args(args)
+
+    svg_file = options.infile
+
+    if options.name:
+        name = options.name
+    else:
+        import os
+        name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(svg_file))[0]
+
+    with open(svg_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        svg = f.read()
+
+    glif = svg2glif(svg, name,
+                    width=options.width,
+                    height=options.height,
+                    unicodes=options.unicodes,
+                    transform=options.transform,
+                    version=options.format)
+
+    if options.outfile is None:
+        print(glif)
+    else:
+        with open(options.outfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            f.write(glif)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(main())