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Problems with TTX for Mac
Posted by Ramiro Espinoza in
3 Feb 2012 — 12:37am
3 Feb 2012 — 12:37am
Hi there,
I am having problems trying to decompile a TTF font with the mac version of TTX (2.0b1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Tools:ttx", line 11, in ?
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttx.py", line 250, in main
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttx.py", line 235, in process
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttx.py", line 154, in ttDump
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttLib:__init__.py", line 220, in saveXML
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttLib:__init__.py", line 235, in _tableToXML
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttLib:__init__.py", line 322, in __getitem__
File "Titaantje:Users:just:code:fonttools:Lib:fontTools:ttLib:tables:O_S_2f_2.py", line 106, in decompile
fontTools.ttLib.TTLibError: unknown format for OS/2 table: version 3
Any idea? Is it maybe because my TTX version is outdated?
I downloaded the latest version (2.3) at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fonttools/files/
Then I read the install.txt inside folder 'documentation'. There it says:
Installation
For Windows and MacOS there are easy-to-use TTX installers. The rest if this
document is meant for people who want to use TTX/FontTools from the source.
Problem is, I can't find the mac installer in any of the folders.
Can anyone give me a hint?
Thanks in advance.
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3 Feb 2012 — 7:21am
the command-line implementation of version 2.2 is included with AFDKO. I have encountered similar errors when using (the standalone application version of) 2.0b1 but not with 2.2.
ADFKO is available from http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/opentype/afdko/index.html
André
3 Feb 2012 — 9:16am
Hi there,
I have AFDK installed but for the moment I only use it for hinting. Thanks for the advise, I will try to use it from ADFK.
Cheers. R.
5 Feb 2012 — 6:43am
Hi Agisaak,
Can you give me an example on how to run TTX from AFDK? I've been checking the AFDK and I could not find a mention about it.
TIA.
R.
5 Feb 2012 — 7:37am
It needs to be invoked from the command-line.
In the terminal, type
/Developer/FDK/Tools/osx/ttxand you should get a brief description of the options available from the command line. Your simplest way of using it is to follow the above with the path to a file (either an .otf, .ttf, or .ttx file).
(n.b. the above path is what is present on my system -- depending on how you installed FDK and the version, yours might be different, but look for a folder called Tools in your installation. You can simplify the above by including the fdk tools in your PATH variable).
André
5 Feb 2012 — 11:46pm
It worked. Thanks!