From ffd2e3537197db653baf2772a34ce907d72a66db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:02:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [subset] Add note re --desubroutinize resulting in smaller
 WOFF/WOFF2

---
 Lib/fontTools/subset.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/subset.py b/Lib/fontTools/subset.py
index 804700a19..2257f16a5 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/subset.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/subset.py
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ Optimization options:
   --desubroutinize
       Remove CFF use of subroutinizes.  Subroutinization is a way to make CFF
       fonts smaller.  For small subsets however, desubroutinizing might make
-      the font smaller.  Also see note under --no-hinting.
+      the font smaller.  It has even been reported that desubroutinized CFF
+      fonts compress better (produce smaller output) WOFF and WOFF2 fonts.
+      Also see note under --no-hinting.
   --no-desubroutinize [default]
       Leave CFF subroutinizes as is, only throw away unused subroutinizes.