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check-ttf.py: "Font contains magic code in PREP table?"

See original GitHub issue

Hello,

We have magiccode = "\xb8\x01\xff\x85\xb0\x04\x8d", I’m assuming this is something ttfautohint inserts or why is this needed?

My fonts which have been run through ttfautohint all fail this test.

Cheers, Marc

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anthrotypecommented, Sep 8, 2016

it’s a minimal PREP table for enabling dropout control, useful to improving rendering for unhinted TTFs:

See @davelab6 comment at: https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/issues/890#issuecomment-236450011

and my comment here: https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/issues/890#issuecomment-236457209

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felipesanchescommented, Sep 8, 2016

cool, thanks.

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