But after installation you can make a backup of the Python 2.7 folder. I only have installed Python, because you have to install it for unpacking the files contained in the installer. (Just download the AFDKO master branch and integrate Python 2.7.10 32 bit or 2.7.11 32 bit.) However, the 32 bit versions works fine with the AFDKO AND FontLab Studio 5.2. If you need Python for FontLab Studio 5.2, it would not make sense to install it twice - one time for the AFDKO and one time for FontLab Studio 5.2. FontLab Studio 5.2 does not work with the 64 bit version of Python 2.7.11. But I think, that the communication between software developers and people, that think less abstract, could be better.Īs far as I remember, the build notes recommend to install the latest Python 2.7 version, which actually is 2.7.11. And mindfuck can be satisfying (own expreience). Well, I don't count you to this kind of developers. If the target is not the user, software development is just mindfuck. Do you agree, that people like Rich or me are important for the development of software with regard to bug reports? I mean, Software should be used, but not programmed only. Some of these bugs like the bugs in the autohint FontLab macro and the bugs in autohint.py are fat bugs in my opinion. You know, that I have found a few bugs, which were not documented. The rest is relatively easy and makeable for users like me or Rich - for people, that are less experienced in software development than you.Īnd I think, that the AFDKO can only profit with regard to bug reports, if the number of end users grows. I agree with Rich, that there is an unnecessary hurdle with regard to the build process (the compiler). The environment variable has to be set for Python 2.3/2.4 Read But when you use FLS 5.0.4, uncheck the option of the installer to set the environment variable.Īnd if you use FontLab Studio 5.0.4, you have to install additionally Python 2.3 or 2.4 for the macros. Install Python 2.7 and copy it to FDK\Tools\win\Python\AFDKOPython27. Note, that you should integrate Python 2.7.10 (32 or 64 bit) or 2.7.11 (32 bit, because of a bug in FontLab Studio 5.2). But at least on Windows 7 you have to install Visual Studio 2010 Express and, with regard to the Brotli extension, the Microsoft Visual C Compiler Package for Python 2.7. I assume, that the compiler you need for building was natively integrated in Windows XP. When I had built the AFDKO from the repository, the main problem was the C compiler. And also the bugs in the Python script, which you use from the command line. I really hope, that the bugs in the macro become fixed soon. And unfortunately the autohint macro does not work anymore since a long time. With regard to the FontLab scripts: Miguel has outsourced them a few days ago from the AFDKO repository.
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