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Compute ymax and ymin of a font
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import fontforge
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) != 2 and len(sys.argv) != 4:
print('usage: {} <font> [<code-point-start> <code-point-end>]'.format(sys.argv[0]))
sys.exit(1)
font = fontforge.open(sys.argv[1])
selection = font.selection
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
selection.all()
else:
start, end = int(sys.argv[2], 0), int(sys.argv[3], 0)
selection.select(('ranges', 'unicode'), start, end)
highest = max(selection.byGlyphs, key=lambda g: g.boundingBox()[3])
lowest = min(selection.byGlyphs, key=lambda g: g.boundingBox()[1])
print('ymax = {} (U+{:04X})'.format(highest.boundingBox()[3], highest.unicode))
print('ymin = {} (U+{:04X})'.format(lowest.boundingBox()[1], lowest.unicode))
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