noto-build

Scripts, data and libraries to work with Noto fonts and sources.

Requires Python 3.4 and the following packages:

pip3 install urllib fonttools argparse requests defcon

nightlybuild.py

Used in other Noto repositories to automatically build fonts on each commit pushed to their master branch via GitHub Actions.

notobuilderCLI.py

The Notobuilder class is made for users to build their own custom Noto families.

The user has to give to the function the writing system and the contrast (Sans or Serif). One can define the weight(s), width(s) and style: Italic and Display for LGC (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic) writing systems, the Regular weight and Normal width being the default; Kufi and Nastaliq for Arabic, the Naskh style being the default one. Tamil accepts the Italic option if the contrast is tagged as Serif, and returns the NotoSerifTamilSlanted family).

Binary fonts are downloaded locally on the user's computer, and then merged.

Run it in a Terminal, using some of the following arguments:

• --name
  • To set a custom name
  • Optional
• --scripts
  • The wanted writing systems, separated by space and starting with an uppercase
  • Don't specify the family name, the program will resolve it for you
• --contrast
  • Serif or Sans, the script can manage families with no prefix
• --styles
  • Italic, Display, Mono, Kufi, Nastaliq
  • Optional
• --weight
  • The weight(s) you want
  • Defaults to Regular if not specified. But If something is specified (example: Bold) and you want Regular, you need to input it.
• --width
  • The widths you want
  • Defaults to Normal if not specified. But If something is specified (example: Condensed) and you want Normal width, you need to input it.
• --hinted
  • Downloads hinted fonts
  • Defaults to False
• --subset
  • Pass a list of characters to subset the final fonts.
  • Optional
• --metrics
  • Give two values to change the vertical metrics (the second should be negative).
  • Optional
• --compatibility
  • Merge only the common weight/width
  • False by default
• --preset
  • Ask for predefined subset. (BasicLatin, ExtendedLatin or UnicodeLatin; BasicGreek or ExtendedGreek; BasicCyrillic or ExtendedCyrillic; BasicArabic or ExtendedArabic: BasicTamil or ExtendedTamil. You can specify "Full" if you have Latin, Greek and Cyrillic to not subset NotoSans, NotoSerif or NotoMono families.)
  • Optional (Basic script by default is no argument is provided.)

Examples:

python ~/notobuilderCLI.py \
  --contrast Sans \
  --script Latin Thai

python ~/notobuilderCLI.py \
  --contrast Serif \
  --script Telugu Bengali \
  --weight Light Regular Bold \
  --name CustomNoto