nototools-pdf-fonts

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This is a customization of nototools to convert and merge font files to proper format needed for pdf generators such as pdfMake.

Description

In noto fonts latin characters are separated out from downloadable .ttf files for non latin language sets - with the exception of the cjk .otf files.

This package provides the tools generate required font data for pdf generator such as pdfmake to properly generate characters in latin and the language specified vs only the language specified as otherwise would show as tofu blocks or empty spaces.

Instructions

Clone repository or install or npm install nototools-pdf-fonts

On Mac OS X, install dependencies with homebrew

brew install --with-cairo harfbuzz cairo pango pygtk imagemagick

Install python dependencies,

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then install nototools. Since nototools changes frequently, installing using 'editable' mode is recommended:

pip install -e .

Download all fonts noto fonts to use as source for script (alternatively - modify dicts in merge_fonts.py and only include font files as needed).

See merge_fonts.py for more instructions on usage or use already merged fonts from merged_fonts directory.

*note that otf files from CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) cannot be merged and instead should be built either from the default provided fonts in merged_fonts directory or here (converted noto sans cjk .otf files).

To convert merged fonts to base64, make sure all merged font files are in merged_fonts directory then install node modules and run gulp buildFonts and find built files of base64 data in build directory.