# Generate a font which contains vertical glyph representations.
# The font is created in the current directory.
#
# $1: The master font (e.g., `bsmi00lp.ttf').
# $2: The name of the vertical font (e.g., `bsmilpv').
# Copyright (C) 1994-2007 Werner Lemberg <
[email protected]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program in doc/COPYING; if not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
# MA 02110-1301 USA
if (Strtol($version) < 20071105)
Print("Can't use FontForge version before 2007-11-05. Aborting.";
Quit(1);
endif;
if ($argc != 3)
Print("usage: [fontforge -script] ", $0, " master-font vertical-fontname");
Quit(1);
endif;
Print("Loading ", $1, "...");
Open($1);
fontname = $2;
fullname = $fullname + " vertical";
copyright = $copyright \
+ Chr(10) + Chr(10) \
+ "Vertical glyph representations version " \
+ Strftime("%F", 1, "C") \
+ ".";
SetFontNames(fontname, "", fullname, "", copyright, "");
SelectAll();
ApplySubstitution("*", "*", "vert");
if (!$fontchanged)
Print("No vertical glyph representation forms found.");
Quit(1);
endif;
SelectChanged();
SelectInvert();
DetachAndRemoveGlyphs();
Print("Ensure third order curves...");
SetFontOrder(3);
Print("Scaling to PostScript units...");
ScaleToEm(900, 100);
num_chars = CharCnt();
count = 0;
delta = 100;
while (count + delta < num_chars)
Print(count, "/", num_chars - 1, ":");
Select(count, count + delta);
Print(" Add extrema...");
AddExtrema();
Print(" Simplifying outlines...");
Simplify(0, 2);
count += delta;
endloop;
Print(count, "/", num_chars - 1, ":");
Select(count, num_chars - 1);
Print(" Add extrema...");
AddExtrema();
Print(" Simplifying outlines...");
Simplify(0, 2);
SelectAll();
foreach
unicode = GlyphInfo("Unicode");
if (unicode > 0)
SetUnicodeValue(unicode);
name = GlyphInfo("Name");
SetGlyphName(name + ".vert", 0);
endif
endloop;
Reencode("original");
# generate AFM and TFM files, no PS hints, and rounded PS coordinates
Print("Generating font...");
Generate($2 + ".pfb", "", \
0x1 | 0x100 | 0x10000 | 0x80000 | 0x200000);
Quit(0);
