Why is the current date written to the output?

fontello / svg2ttf

SVG -> TTF font convertor

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Why is the current date written to the output? #21

Closed backflip closed 10 years ago

backflip commented 10 years ago

The generated ttf file changes with every run even when the svg source is still the same. This is not ideal when using a versioning tool (although generated files probably don't belong there). Is it absolutely necessary to write the dates into the file?

/cc @nfroidure

puzrin commented 10 years ago

This is done according to spec. FontForge do the same too.

backflip commented 10 years ago

Ah, I see. Same for OpenType: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/head.htm

jacobsvante commented 10 years ago

Shouldn't the date be when it was last changed though? This is so frustrating when having them under source control.

puzrin commented 10 years ago

@jmagnusson see https://github.com/fontello/svg2ttf/issues/21#issuecomment-40302637 . Probably, you could update your build scripts to not regenerate fonts "just for fun"