From 6073ed39e404747df1f54c470413c7d20c52f04f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: arrowtype Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:04:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add caveat about ligature caret support in ufo2ft to check rationale --- Lib/fontbakery/profiles/googlefonts.py | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/googlefonts.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/googlefonts.py index 3b9c1e0ed9..16753305c4 100644 --- a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/googlefonts.py +++ b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/googlefonts.py @@ -3987,6 +3987,8 @@ def com_google_fonts_check_integer_ppem_if_hinted(ttFont): All ligatures in a font must have corresponding caret (text cursor) positions defined in the GDEF table, otherwhise, users may experience issues with caret rendering. If using GlyphsApp, ligature carets can be set directly on canvas by accessing the `Glyph -> Set Anchors` menu option or by pressing the `Cmd+U` keyboard shortcut. + + If designing with UFOs, (as of Oct 2020) ligature carets are not yet compiled by ufo2ft, and therefore will not build via FontMake. See googlefonts/ufo2ft/issues/329 """, misc_metadata = { 'request': 'https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/issues/1225'