googlefonts / googlefonts/fontc

fontc promotes some subtables that fontmake does not

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Description

This is probably something we could normalize, although it is nice to know that we're doing it means we're generating slightly less efficient binary.

```
python3 -m ttx_diff 'https://github.com/Vectro-Type-Foundry/kablammo?cccc120d23#sources/Kablammo.glyphs'
```

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Research direction

Start by running the provided `python3 -m ttx_diff` command against the Kablammo source and compare the fontc and fontmake outputs. Trace which subtables are promoted differently, then confirm the behavior is normalized and the resulting binary is no less efficient.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, rust
Domain
compilers, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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