googlefonts / googlefonts/gftools
Feature request: more consistent file outputs between tools
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Description
Currently, I'm working on processing roman + italic variable fonts for Google Fonts.
I need to use four gftools for this: `fix-vf-meta`, `fix-nonhinting`, `fix-gasp`, and `fix-dsig`.
I tend to need these gftools in each font I prep for Google Fonts.
A big point of friction for using these is that these four scripts have different (and somewhat hard to predict) file output names.
```
# build stat tables for proper style linking
gftools fix-vf-meta $interUprightVF
gftools fix-vf-meta $interItalicVF
mv ${interUprightVF/".ttf"/".ttf.fix"} $interUprightVF
mv ${interItalicVF/".ttf"/".ttf.fix"} $interItalicVF
# prevent warnings/issues caused by no hinting tables – this fixes the file in-place
gftools fix-nonhinting $interUprightVF $interUprightVF
gftools fix-nonhinting $interItalicVF $interUprightVF
rm ${interUprightVF/".ttf"/"-backup-fonttools-prep-gasp.ttf"}
rm ${interItalicVF/".ttf"/"-backup-fonttools-prep-gasp.ttf"}
# assert google fonts spec for how fonts should rasterize in different contexts
gftools fix-gasp --autofix $interUprightVF
gftools fix-gasp --autofix $interItalicVF
mv ${interUprightVF/".ttf"/".ttf.fix"} $interUprightVF
mv ${interItalicVF/".ttf"/".ttf.fix"} $interItalicVF
# prevent warnings/issues caused by no digital signature tables
gftools fix-dsig --autofix $interUprightVF
gftools fix-dsig --autofix $interItalicVF
```
## Request
Each gftool could have an argument like `--inplace` / `-i` to edit a file and output it with the original name. This would make pipelines much simpler to set up. Alternatively, every script could allow the `tool ` setup.
Additionally, all edited files could get the same suffix. E.g. every output could be suffixed with `.fix`, to make names such as `inter-regular.ttf.fix`. This would also simplify shell pipelines.
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