#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""Drop hints from a font."""

__author__ = "roozbeh@google.com (Roozbeh Pournader)"

import argparse
import sys
from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
parser.add_argument("input", help="font file to process")
parser.add_argument("output", help="file to save font", nargs="?")


def drop_hints_from_glyphs(font):
    """Drops the hints from a font's glyphs."""
    glyf_table = font["glyf"]
    for glyph_index in range(len(glyf_table.glyphOrder)):
        glyph_name = glyf_table.glyphOrder[glyph_index]
        glyph = glyf_table[glyph_name]
        if glyph.numberOfContours > 0:
            if glyph.program.bytecode:
                glyph.program.bytecode = array.array("B")


def drop_tables(font, tables):
    """Drops the listed tables from a font."""
    for table in tables:
        if table in font:
            del font[table]


def main():
    """Drop the hints from the first file specified and save as second."""
    args = parser.parse_args()
    font = ttLib.TTFont(args.input)

    drop_hints_from_glyphs(font)
    drop_tables(font, ["cvt ", "fpgm", "hdmx", "LTSH", "prep", "VDMX"])

    if not args.output:
        args.output = args.input

    font.save(args.output)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Add drop hints script from Noto
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