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Previously fonttools was choosing between the optimal opcode from PUSHB, NPUSHB, PUSHW, and NPUSHW. We now respect whatever was requested and err if the format doesn't support the data. Morevoer, if the number of numbers to push is more than 255, we add multiple push instructions to push all the numbers. Finally, add a new pseudo-opcode "PUSH" that automatically chooses the best format. This, by itself, reduces roundtrip noise by not optimizing the bytecode as it was before. In a followup commit I'll change the bytecode disassembler to always produce PUSH in the textual instructions instead of the four variants. That way, we get both the optimization during assembling, and reduced noise in XML. Part of https://github.com/behdad/fonttools/issues/73
What it is ?
Quoting from TTX/FontTools Sourceforge Project
a tool to convert OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML. FontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. It supports TrueType, OpenType, AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some Mac-specific formats.
Quick start
python setup.py install
From your command line type the above command to get fontools installed on your system.
Installation
See install.txt in the 'Doc' subdirectory for instructions on how to build and install TTX/FontTools from the sources.
Documentation
What is TTX ?
See documentation.html in the "Doc" subdirectory for TTX usage instructions and information about the TTX file format.
Community
License
See "LICENSE.txt" for licensing information.
Have fun!
Just van Rossum just@letterror.com