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Double-byte Unicodes?

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Hi –

It looks like TTX can’t handle double-byte Unicodes. I dumped a TTF, edited a few Unicodes, and then when going back to TTF, I won this error:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 398, in main
    process(jobs, options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 372, in process
    action(input, output, options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/misc/loggingTools.py", line 372, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 290, in ttCompile
    ttf.save(output)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line 172, in save
    writer_reordersTables = self._save(tmp)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line 211, in _save
    self._writeTable(tag, writer, done, tableCache)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line 632, in _writeTable
    tabledata = self.getTableData(tag)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line 650, in getTableData
    return self.tables[tag].compile(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py", line 118, in compile
    chunk = table.compile(ttFont)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py", line 829, in compile
    charCodeArray = array.array("H", endCode + [0] + startCode)
OverflowError: unsigned short is greater than maximum```

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anthrotypecommented, Jul 17, 2018

No problem!

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laerm0commented, Jul 17, 2018

Oh, duh. Sorry! Thanks.

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