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Fontbakery Technical Report

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Summary

💥 ERROR ☠ FATAL 🔥 FAIL ⚠️ WARN ⏩ SKIP ℹ️ INFO ✅ PASS
0 0 2 11 94 7 135
0% 0% 1% 4% 38% 3% 54%

Meaning of check results:

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FontBakery version: 0.12.0

Universal Profile Checks

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Check that glyph for U+0675 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA is not a mark.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/arabic_high_hamza>
🔥 NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    The arabic letter high hamza (U+0675) should have roughly the same size the arabic letter hamza (U+0621), but a different glyph outline area was detected.

    [code: glyph-area]

Detect any interpolation issues in the font.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/interpolation_issues>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Interpolation issues were found in the font:

    - Contour 0 point 54 has a kink between location wght=100 and location wght=699
    
    - Contour 0 point 12 has a kink between location wght=400 and location wght=100
    
    - Contour 0 point 12 has a kink between location wght=100 and location wght=699
    
    [code: interpolation-issues]

Check math signs have the same width.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/math_signs_width>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The most common width is 572 among a set of 6 math glyphs. The following math glyphs have a different width, though:

    Width = 322: minus

    [code: width-outliers]

Check font contains no unreachable glyphs

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/unreachable_glyphs>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The following glyphs could not be reached by codepoint or substitution rules:

    - uni06F7.mark
    
    [code: unreachable-glyphs]

Glyph names are all valid?

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/valid_glyphnames>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The following glyph names may be too long for some legacy systems which may expect a maximum 31-characters length limit: twodotshorizontalabove_tahabovear, twodotshorizontalabovear.diagonal, twodotshorizontalbelow_tahabovear and twodotshorizontalcenter_tahabovear

    [code: legacy-long-names]

Shaping Checks

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Ensure soft_dotted characters lose their dot when combined with marks that replace the dot.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/soft_dotted>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The dot of soft dotted characters used in orthographies must disappear in the following strings: į̀ į́ į̂ į̃ į̄ į̌

    The dot of soft dotted characters should disappear in other cases, for example: į̆ į̇ į̈ į̊ į̋ į̦̀ į̦́ į̦̂ į̦̃ į̦̄ į̦̆ į̦̇ į̦̈ į̦̊ į̦̋ į̦̌ į̧̀ į̧́ į̧̂ į̧̃

    Your font fully covers the following languages that require the soft-dotted feature: Lithuanian (Latn, 2,357,094 speakers), Dutch (Latn, 31,709,104 speakers).

    Your font does not cover the following languages that require the soft-dotted feature: Gulay (Latn, 250,478 speakers), Mundani (Latn, 34,000 speakers), Ebira (Latn, 2,200,000 speakers), Kpelle, Guinea (Latn, 622,000 speakers), Fur (Latn, 1,230,163 speakers), Koonzime (Latn, 40,000 speakers), Avokaya (Latn, 100,000 speakers), Bete-Bendi (Latn, 100,000 speakers), Ejagham (Latn, 120,000 speakers), Ekpeye (Latn, 226,000 speakers), Mfumte (Latn, 79,000 speakers), Yala (Latn, 200,000 speakers), Ngbaka (Latn, 1,020,000 speakers), Nateni (Latn, 100,000 speakers), Sar (Latn, 500,000 speakers), Ukrainian (Cyrl, 29,273,587 speakers), South Central Banda (Latn, 244,000 speakers), Kom (Latn, 360,685 speakers), Ma’di (Latn, 584,000 speakers), Southern Kisi (Latn, 360,000 speakers), Igbo (Latn, 27,823,640 speakers), Cicipu (Latn, 44,000 speakers), Basaa (Latn, 332,940 speakers), Zapotec (Latn, 490,000 speakers), Ijo, Southeast (Latn, 2,471,000 speakers), Navajo (Latn, 166,319 speakers), Belarusian (Cyrl, 10,064,517 speakers), Dii (Latn, 71,000 speakers), Bafut (Latn, 158,146 speakers), Nzakara (Latn, 50,000 speakers), Lugbara (Latn, 2,200,000 speakers), Mango (Latn, 77,000 speakers), Dan (Latn, 1,099,244 speakers), Makaa (Latn, 221,000 speakers), Aghem (Latn, 38,843 speakers).

    [code: soft-dotted]

Article Checks

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EXPERIMENTAL CHECK - Since 2024/Mar/25
Validate location, size and resolution of article images.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/article/images>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Family metadata at fonts/NotoKufiArabic/googlefonts/variable does not have an article.

    [code: lacks-article]

Metadata Checks

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Check for codepoints not covered by METADATA subsets.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/metadata/unreachable_subsetting>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The following codepoints supported by the font are not covered by any subsets defined in the font's metadata file, and will never be served. You can solve this by either manually adding additional subset declarations to METADATA.pb, or by editing the glyphset definitions.

    • U+02C7 CARON: try adding one of: tifinagh, yi, canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02C9 MODIFIER LETTER MACRON: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+02D8 BREVE: try adding one of: yi, canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02D9 DOT ABOVE: try adding one of: yi, canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02DB OGONEK: try adding one of: yi, canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02DD DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT: try adding one of: coptic, cherokee, math, tifinagh
    • U+0306 COMBINING BREVE: try adding one of: old-permic, tifinagh
    • U+0307 COMBINING DOT ABOVE: try adding one of: math, canadian-aboriginal, old-permic, coptic, malayalam, tai-le, tifinagh, syriac
    • U+030A COMBINING RING ABOVE: try adding syriac
    • U+030B COMBINING DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT: try adding one of: osage, cherokee
    • U+030C COMBINING CARON: try adding one of: tai-le, cherokee
    • U+0326 COMBINING COMMA BELOW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0327 COMBINING CEDILLA: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0328 COMBINING OGONEK: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+08E2 ARABIC DISPUTED END OF AYAH: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK: try adding one of: nko, thaana, hebrew, phags-pa, syriac
    • U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE: try adding one of: yi, mongolian
    • U+221A SQUARE ROOT: try adding math
    • U+25CC DOTTED CIRCLE: try adding one of: coptic, tai-le, oriya, siddham, tirhuta, tamil, rejang, saurashtra, khudawadi, brahmi, gunjala-gondi, takri, myanmar, chakma, manichaean, cham, marchen, tibetan, dogra, mandaic, lao, math, pahawh-hmong, grantha, newa, syriac, bengali, hebrew, meetei-mayek, new-tai-lue, devanagari, nko, warang-citi, phags-pa, balinese, thai, thaana, osage, kannada, sogdian, duployan, sinhala, hanifi-rohingya, bhaiksuki, bassa-vah, music, tagbanwa, malayalam, sharada, tai-tham, symbols, buginese, miao, buhid, telugu, javanese, yi, zanabazar-square, psalter-pahlavi, mahajani, old-permic, khmer, limbu, lepcha, adlam, soyombo, sundanese, caucasian-albanian, tai-viet, batak, tagalog, elbasan, wancho, khojki, hanunoo, tifinagh, ahom, mende-kikakui, mongolian, armenian, gurmukhi, canadian-aboriginal, modi, kharoshthi, gujarati, kayah-li, syloti-nagri, masaram-gondi, kaithi

    Or you can add the above codepoints to one of the subsets supported by the font: arabic, cyrillic-ext, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext

    [code: unreachable-subsetting]

Glyphset Checks

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Shapes languages in all GF glyphsets.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/glyphsets/shape_languages>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    GF_Arabic_Plus glyphset:

    Language FAIL messages
    ms_Arab (Malay (Arabic)) No exemplar glyphs were defined for language Malay (Arabic)
    [code: warning-language-shaping]

Description Checks

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Check for presence of an ARTICLE.en_us.html file

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/description/has_article>
🔥 NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    This is a Noto font but it lacks an ARTICLE.en_us.html file

    [code: missing-article]
  • 🔥 FAIL

    This is a Noto font but it lacks a DESCRIPTION.en_us.html file

    [code: empty-description]

Font File Checks

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Is there kerning info for non-ligated sequences?

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    GPOS table lacks kerning info for the following non-ligated sequences:

    - uni0627 + uni0644.init
    
    - uni0644.init + uni0644.medi
    
    - uni0644.medi + uni0651
    
    - uni0651 + uni0670
    
    - uni0670 + uni0647.fina
    
    - uni0670 + uni06C1.fina
    
    [code: lacks-kern-info]

Ensure variable fonts include an avar table.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/mandatory_avar_table>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    This variable font does not have an avar table.

    [code: missing-avar]

Ensure fonts have ScriptLangTags declared on the 'meta' table.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/meta/script_lang_tags>
⚠️ NotoKufiArabic[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    This font file does not have a 'meta' table.

    [code: lacks-meta-table]