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Created June 10, 2016 22:36
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calcArea.py
from fontTools import ttLib
from fontTools.pens.areaPen import AreaPen
fontFileName = "areatestfont.otf"
gNamesList = "testA testB testC testD".split()
ttFont = ttLib.TTFont(fontFileName)
gSet = ttFont.getGlyphSet()
for gName in gNamesList:
g = gSet[gName]
aPen = AreaPen(g)
g.draw(aPen)
area = aPen.value
print area
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miguelsousa commented Jun 10, 2016

The OTF can be found at http://cl.ly/gQBe/download/areatestfont.otf.zip

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behdad commented Jun 10, 2016

Right. Seems to be an issue with CFF fonts, but TrueType. Fixed in symfont. I'll let Cosimo finish up areaPen and merge.

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