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Check whether two fonts are metrics compatible by testing on random strings
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import random | |
import string | |
import uharfbuzz as hb | |
import sys | |
from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont | |
def generate_random_string(fp): | |
f = TTFont(fp) | |
cmap = f.getBestCmap() | |
length = random.randint(3, 100) | |
letters = [chr(c) for c in cmap] | |
return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(length)) | |
def string_length(fp, text): | |
# Create a font object using a TrueType font file | |
blob = hb.Blob.from_file_path(fp) | |
face = hb.Face(blob) | |
font = hb.Font(face) | |
# Set the string to be rendered | |
buf = hb.Buffer() | |
buf.add_str(text) | |
buf.guess_segment_properties() | |
hb.shape(font, buf) | |
pos = buf.glyph_positions | |
return sum(g.x_advance for g in pos) | |
while True: | |
rand_string = generate_random_string(sys.argv[1]) | |
original_length = string_length(sys.argv[1], rand_string) | |
new_length = string_length(sys.argv[2], rand_string) | |
if original_length != new_length: | |
print(f"{rand_string}, {original_length}, {new_length}") |
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The above is optimized a bit for execution, and also only takes the intersection of the two fonts’ cmaps minus a disallowed set (plus nbspace which we don’t test for)