2 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Behdad Esfahbod
a30b6250cb . 2016-09-27 19:49:41 +02:00
Sascha Brawer
bd6bea0f7f [feaLib] Allow non-disjoint markClasses
After this change, feaLib generates the exact same output as makeotf
for the test case in `bug453.fea`. Before this change, feaLib had
rejected the input as malformed.

Our new behavior is in blatant violation of the OpenType Feature File
Syntax specification, which writes: "NOTE! If a GDEF table is not
explicitly defined in the feature file, [...] all mark glyph classes
must be disjoint". However:

1. makeotf does not enforce this constraint;
2. existing feature files happily define non-disjoint markClasses;
3. existing tools such as the Glyphs font editor generate feature files
   with non-disjoint markClasses;
4. it is not obvious what the intention of this constraint would be.

Therefore, fewLib now follows the makeotf implementation, intentionally
ignoring what is mandated by the specification. I've proposed a spec change
at https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/106.

Resolves https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/issues/453.
2016-02-08 10:27:31 +01:00