From 4e17e64c62e7d0eeeacb61d14ba00583388a6eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takeshi Abe Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 17:14:20 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Mention tips for hacking OpenSymbol font thanks to . Change-Id: I645a4fc33e882a6e6dfced919ac5832fb1c2645b --- extras/source/truetype/symbol/README | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/extras/source/truetype/symbol/README b/extras/source/truetype/symbol/README index 1c899beaf57d..c5334b6c61e7 100644 --- a/extras/source/truetype/symbol/README +++ b/extras/source/truetype/symbol/README @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -Modify the OpenSymbol.sfd and generate opens___.ttf from it with fontforge. The -.sfd is the canonical source for the .ttf +Modify the OpenSymbol.sfd and generate opens___.ttf from it with FontForge. The +.sfd is the canonical source for the .ttf. +Use TTX/FontTools, which can dump the content of .ttf as an XML file, in order +to make sure that the resulting .ttf differs only deliberately from the original +one. Every new version of the font should increase the font version. This is important so that when two versions of the font are installed, e.g. one