ttf compiler
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How does RoboFont compile .ttf fonts?
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the ttf "path":
RF UFO > internal ttf compiler on top of ufo2fdk > glyph data .ttf > fdk for some tables > .ttf
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Sorry. I meant: what is RF's path for generating .ttf fonts?
For .otf fonts the path is something simple like: RF UFO > ufo2dfk > FDK generates .otf
For .ttf fonts the path is something like: RF UFO > ???
(eg. RF-python script + ttLib > FDK > RF-python script + ttLib > .ttf ?)
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In RoboFont there are two possible ways to convert outlines:
(see Spline Conversion http://doc.robofont.com/documentation/workspace/font-info/robofont/)One is 100% accurate to the outlines, which mean points will be added
the other one is 100% accurate to the amounts of points, but the changes to the curve is minor, handy for interpolation afterwards
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Interesting question ... Do you use your own routines for outline conversion to quadratic beziers, or are there existing libraries perhaps in the FDK?
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not sure I understand what you mean.
Anyhow:
The OT features and naming tables are compiled by FDK and merged back in a ttf file with the converted glyph with cubic curves.
