Certain fonts contain weights and widths excluded by the Validator
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Description
Using the example font bahnschrift.
This has weights such as Light, Semi-Light and Semi-Bold.
It also has styles such as Condensed and Semi-Condensed.
This will error on the font validation if they are attempted to be used.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the font validation entry point and any existing validation tests, then reproduce the issue with the bahnschrift font. Check how weights such as Light, Semi-Light, and Semi-Bold and widths such as Condensed and Semi-Condensed are handled. Done means valid fonts using these weights and widths no longer fail validation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100