RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina

Reply to RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:32:04 GMT

JustJoeDesign — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:32:04 GMT

Hello,

Simply trying to Test Install RF 1.8 on Catalina and getting the below. Do I need to edit the compileTools.py file in some way?

makeotf Report

makeotf [Note] Converting source font 'font.otf' to temporary Unix Type1 font file 'font.otf.tmp'.
None

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/RoboFont1.8.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 258, in _executeCommand
  File "/Applications/RoboFont1.8.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/fontCompiler/tools/compileTools.py", line 293, in embedded_makeotf
  File "MakeOTF.py", line 1267, in getOptions
  File "MakeOTF.py", line 1292, in checkInputFile
  File "MakeOTF.py", line 1343, in getROS
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'font.otf.tmp'

Reply to RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:47:40 GMT

frankrolf — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:47:40 GMT

This is the problem: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/828

Reply to RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:48:35 GMT

frankrolf — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:48:35 GMT

That said, the makeotf included in RF 1.8 is 32-bit, so you will run into other problems too.

Reply to RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina on Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:31:29 GMT

JustJoeDesign — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:31:29 GMT

Bugger. Thanks for the help, @frankrolf.

Reply to RF 1.8 Test Install Error on Catalina on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:44:08 GMT

frankrolf — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:44:08 GMT

@JustJoeDesign That said, it’s not impossible to use UFO2 files + makeotf on Catalina.

install the AFDKO command line tools via pip https://pypi.org/project/afdko/
build your OTF file using makeotf -f my_font.ufo

The only hard requirement is that the UFO has a PostScript name. (Font → Font Info → PostScript → FontName)