clean_empty_kerns.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#  Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Andrey V. Panov
#
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#   This fontforge script removes empty (i.e. zero) kerning pairs from font

import fontforge
import sys, getopt

def usage():
  print " -i file, --input=file     	input font file"
  print " -o file, --output=file    	output font file"
  print " -s, --subtable=\"string\"	kerning subtable"
  print " -t, --threshold=int      	remove kern |offsets| <= threshold (default 0)"
  print " -f, --remove-fail-kern     	remove false kern pairs"

def uni2name(unichar):
  i = font.findEncodingSlot(ord(unichar))
  if i in font: 
    return font[i].glyphname
  else:
    return ""

try:
  opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "hi:s:o:t:f", ["help", "input=", "subtable=", "output=", "threshold=","remove-fail-kern"])
except getopt.GetoptError, err:
  print "unrecognized option"
  usage()
  sys.exit(2)
outfile = None
font_name = None
kern_table = "LGC kerning subtable"
kern_look = "LGC kerning"
threshold = 0
remfailkern = 0
for (o, a) in opts:
  if o in ("-i", "--input"):
    font_name = a
  elif o in ("-h", "--help"):
    usage()
    sys.exit()
  elif o in ("-o", "--output"):
    outfile = a
  elif o in ("-s", "--subtable"):
    kern_table = a
  elif o in ("-t", "--threshold"):
    threshold = int(a)
  elif o in ("-f", "--remove-fail-kern"):
    remfailkern = 1

if not outfile:
  outfile = font_name
#font_name = sys.argv[1]
font = fontforge.open(font_name)
font = fontforge.activeFont()
font.encoding = "unicode"

failkerns = ('.notdef', '.notdef'),
if remfailkern:
  import failkern
  for (b, c) in failkern.failkerns_u:
    b_u = uni2name(b)
    c_u = uni2name(c)
    if b_u and c_u:
      failkerns += (b_u, c_u),

font.selection.all()
selection = font.selection.byGlyphs
for glyf in selection:
  if glyf.isWorthOutputting:
    oldtable = glyf.getPosSub(kern_table)
    if len(oldtable):
      newtable = ()
      changekern = 0
      for subtable in oldtable:
        if subtable[1] == 'Pair':
          temp = abs(subtable[5])
	  if temp <= threshold:
	    changekern = 1
	  elif remfailkern:
	    if (glyf.glyphname, subtable[2]) in failkerns:
	      changekern = 1
	    else:
	      newtable += subtable,
          elif temp > threshold:
	    newtable += subtable,
      if changekern:
        glyf.removePosSub(kern_table)
        for subtable in newtable:
          glyf.addPosSub(subtable[0],subtable[2],subtable[3],\
          subtable[4],subtable[5],subtable[6],subtable[7],\
          subtable[8],subtable[9],subtable[10])

font.save(outfile)