Re: [fontforge-users] [fontforge-devel] Where is the changeWeight code?

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On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> It's the eternal problem with removing overlaps.  LilyPond uses
> FontForge in batch mode as a postprocessor of mf2pt1 output to first
> create a set of hinted and normalized Type 1 fonts, then merging all
> such fonts into a master OpenType font.

If the scripts involved are .pe scripts, I'd be interested to know whether
FontAnvil gives good results on them.  Its overlap removal is currently
working well for me in Tsukurimashou, which uses a very similar workflow
to what you describe for LilyPond (Metapost to Type 1 to OpenType).

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