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[makeotf] Use FontTools to copy font tables #739

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The sfntedit tool creates temporary files with fixed names in the current working directory, which breaks running multiple makeotf instances in parallel (e.g. from a makefile). Using FontTools fixes this limitation.

The sfntedit tool creates temporary files with fixed names in the
current working directory, which breaks running multiple makeotf
instances in parallel (e.g. from a makefile). Using FontTools fixes this
limitation.
Open the TTFont's once instead of opening and closing them in each
function.
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Nice. Thanks!

@miguelsousa miguelsousa merged commit 5246578 into adobe-type-tools:develop Feb 10, 2019
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spot is another tool with a less-than-ideal temp file solution #594

@khaledhosny khaledhosny deleted the makeotf-parallel branch February 10, 2019 21:37
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