Disk space issue (Version 1.4 (built 1301142150) – MacOsX 10.8.3)

Reply to Disk space issue (Version 1.4 (built 1301142150) – MacOsX 10.8.3) on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:45:55 GMT

[[global:former_user]] — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:45:55 GMT

Dear Robofont forum,
during the running of a script similar to:

for i in range(0,100):
    openSomeFonts()
    MixSomeGlyphInAnewFont()
    ExportOtf()"

the hard disk became full.

Before:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5730475/before.png

After:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5730475/after.png

May it be a problem with the management of temporary files?
I can share the complete script, if it can be useful.

Best,
Roberto

Reply to Disk space issue (Version 1.4 (built 1301142150) – MacOsX 10.8.3) on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:04:26 GMT

frederik — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:04:26 GMT

This is a know issue with pyObjc, the cocoa wrapper for building apps on a mac.

Reply to Disk space issue (Version 1.4 (built 1301142150) – MacOsX 10.8.3) on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:46:31 GMT

frederik — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:46:31 GMT

a small tip:

for modifying font data in a batch (multiple fonts at once) it is advised to use font = OpenFont(path, showUI=False) so there is no UI build for the font, extremely fast and less memory usage

good luck!

Reply to Disk space issue (Version 1.4 (built 1301142150) – MacOsX 10.8.3) on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:50:04 GMT

[[global:former_user]] — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:50:04 GMT

Thanks for you reply.
I will try without showing the UI.