Test install error

Reply to Test install error on Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:06:41 GMT

Colo-in-NYC — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:06:41 GMT

Hello, I'm trying to test install a font and am running into the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 279, in _executeCommand
  File "/Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 322, in embedded_makeotf
  File "makeotf.py", line 2578, in runMakeOTF
externalFrameworks.fdkTools.makeotf.MakeOTFRunError

Could not write DSIG tables in font. 
 Not a TrueType or OpenType font (not enough data)

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Installing Archa Light failed
The file is not a recognized or supported font file format.

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Any suggestions?

Cheers

Reply to Test install error on Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:21:35 GMT

frederik — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:21:35 GMT

RoboFont was unable to generate a binary, could you try it with a normal generate and see the traceback. Weird the FDK traceback is not showing in your traceback.

What version of RF are you using?

Reply to Test install error on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:01:54 GMT

Colo-in-NYC — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:01:54 GMT

Thanks for responding. I'm using RF 3.2. I tried a normal generate and it created an OTF font, but with zero bytes. The first time that I ran it the traceback had a number of individual letter instances about duplicate points, so I ran it again with "remove overlap" on. This time it again generated a zero byte OTF, but the trackback is a much more manageable:

autohint Report

Hinting font font.otf. Start time: Fri Aug 30 10:29:57 2019.
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Saving font file with new hints...Fri Aug 30 10:30:50 2019
Done with font font.otf. End time: Fri Aug 30 10:30:50 2019.


makeotf Report

makeotf [Note] setting the USE_TYPO_METRICS OS/2 fsSelection bit 7 from fontinfo keyword.
makeotf [Note] setting the WEIGHT_WIDTH_SLOPE_ONLY OS/2 fsSelection bit 8 from fontinfo keyword.
makeotf [Note] setting the OBLIQUE OS/2 fsSelection bit 9 from fontinfo keyword.
b'makeotfexe [FATAL]  cmap{plat=3,script=1,lang=0}: multiple glyphs (tcaron,Tcaron) mapped to code <165>\n' makeotf [Error] Failed to build output font file 'Archa_light_design-rough.otf'.
None

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 279, in _executeCommand
  File "/Applications/RoboFont.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 322, in embedded_makeotf
  File "makeotf.py", line 2578, in runMakeOTF
externalFrameworks.fdkTools.makeotf.MakeOTFRunError

Could not write DSIG tables in font. 
 Not a TrueType or OpenType font (not enough data)

Fortunately the UFO file is still accessible so I haven't lost any work, but if I can't generate then it is a problem. I was wondering if perhaps creating a new blank UFO file and then just copying the glyphs into it would work?

At a loss.

Cheers

Reply to Test install error on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:31:03 GMT

connor — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:31:03 GMT

The problem seems to be this:
... multiple glyphs (tcaron,Tcaron) mapped to code <165>\n'...
This twitter thread talks about this issue.

Reply to Test install error on Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:05:09 GMT

Colo-in-NYC — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:05:09 GMT

Rock star. My tcarons and tbars had picked up the wrong (duplicate) unicodes from bad Glyphbuilder code. Cheers for that.