""" Simplify TrueType glyphs by merging overlapping contours/components. Requires https://github.com/fonttools/skia-pathops """ from typing import Iterable, Optional, Mapping from fontTools.ttLib import ttFont from fontTools.ttLib.tables import _g_l_y_f from fontTools.pens.recordingPen import DecomposingRecordingPen from fontTools.pens.ttGlyphPen import TTGlyphPen import pathops _TTGlyphMapping = Mapping[str, ttFont._TTGlyph] def skPathFromSimpleGlyph(glyphName: str, glyphSet: _TTGlyphMapping) -> pathops.Path: path = pathops.Path() pathPen = path.getPen() glyphSet[glyphName].draw(pathPen) return path def skPathFromCompositeGlyph(glyphName: str, glyphSet: _TTGlyphMapping) -> pathops.Path: # record TTGlyph outlines without components dcPen = DecomposingRecordingPen(glyphSet) glyphSet[glyphName].draw(dcPen) # replay recording onto a skia-pathops Path path = pathops.Path() pathPen = path.getPen() dcPen.replay(pathPen) return path def ttfGlyphFromSkPath(path: pathops.Path) -> _g_l_y_f.Glyph: # Skia paths have no 'components', no need for glyphSet ttPen = TTGlyphPen(glyphSet=None) path.draw(ttPen) glyph = ttPen.glyph() assert not glyph.isComposite() # compute glyph.xMin (glyfTable parameter unused for non composites) glyph.recalcBounds(glyfTable=None) return glyph def removeOverlaps( font: ttFont.TTFont, glyphNames: Optional[Iterable[str]] = None ) -> None: """ Simplify glyphs in TTFont by merging overlapping contours. Overlapping components are first decomposed to simple contours, then merged. Currently this only works with TrueType fonts with 'glyf' table. Raises NotImplementedError if 'glyf' table is absent. Args: font: input TTFont object, modified in place. glyphNames: optional iterable of glyph names (str) to remove overlaps from. By default, all glyphs in the font are processed. """ try: glyfTable = font["glyf"] except KeyError: raise NotImplementedError("removeOverlaps currently only works with TTFs") hmtxTable = font["hmtx"] glyphSet = font.getGlyphSet() if glyphNames is None: glyphNames = font.getGlyphOrder() # process all simple glyphs first, then composites with increasing component depth, # so that we don't unnecessarily decompose components simply because their base # glyph has overlaps glyphNames = sorted( glyphNames, key=lambda name: ( glyfTable[name].getCompositeMaxpValues(glyfTable).maxComponentDepth if glyfTable[name].isComposite() else 0, name, ), ) for glyphName in glyphNames: if glyfTable[glyphName].isComposite(): path = skPathFromCompositeGlyph(glyphName, glyphSet) else: path = skPathFromSimpleGlyph(glyphName, glyphSet) # remove overlaps path2 = pathops.simplify(path, clockwise=path.clockwise) # replace TTGlyph if simplified path is different if path2 != path: glyfTable[glyphName] = glyph = ttfGlyphFromSkPath(path2) # also ensure hmtx LSB == glyph.xMin so glyph origin is at x=0 width, lsb = hmtxTable[glyphName] if lsb != glyph.xMin: hmtxTable[glyphName] = (width, glyph.xMin) def main(args=None): import sys if args is None: args = sys.argv[1:] if len(args) < 2: print( f"usage: fonttools ttLib.removeOverlaps INPUT.ttf OUTPUT.ttf [GLYPHS ...]" ) sys.exit(1) src = args[0] dst = args[1] glyphNames = args[2:] or None with ttFont.TTFont(src) as f: removeOverlaps(f, glyphNames) f.save(dst) if __name__ == "__main__": main()