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  1. @evocateur evocateur revised this gist Mar 16, 2009. 1 changed file with 16 additions and 1 deletion.
    17 changes: 16 additions & 1 deletion fixconsolas
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    @@ -19,13 +19,20 @@ if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
    exit $?
    fi

    # protect against spaces in filenames
    # hat tip Alexey Blinov
    # and http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/internalvariables.html#IFSH
    IFS=$'\n'

    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    # when no arguments passed,
    # set positional parameters
    # to ttf in current directory
    set -- $(ls *.[Tt][Tt][Ff])
    fi

    unset IFS # reset to default

    E_NOARGS=85
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Error: No TrueType font files found!"
    @@ -41,7 +48,14 @@ GAP="0" # lineGap
    D='[0-9]\{1,\}' # BRE equivalent of PCRE \d+

    # iterate through positional parameters
    for font; do
    for font
    do
    # error-checking, what a concept
    if [ ! -e "$font" ]; then
    echo "$font does not exist."
    continue
    fi

    # dump hhea table
    ftxdumperfuser -t hhea "$font" | \
    # replace desired values
    @@ -51,6 +65,7 @@ for font; do
    -e "/lineGap=/s/$D/$GAP/" | \
    # fuse hhea table back into font
    ftxdumperfuser -F -t hhea "$font"

    echo "Fixed $font"
    done

  2. @evocateur evocateur created this gist Mar 15, 2009.
    57 changes: 57 additions & 0 deletions fixconsolas
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    @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # Requires ftxdumperfuser from http://developer.apple.com/textfonts/download/
    #
    # Usage: fixconsolas [files ...]
    # When called with no arguments, it attempts to operate on every TrueType
    # file in the current directory.
    #
    # References:
    # http://bandes-storch.net/blog/2008/12/21/consolas-controlled/#comment-2042
    # http://lists.macromates.com/textmate/2009-March/028282.html

    # test for ftxdumperfuser in PATH
    ftxdumperfuser &>/dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
    echo "The ftxdumperfuser utility was not found!"
    echo "Please download and install to continue:"
    echo " http://developer.apple.com/textfonts/download/"
    exit $?
    fi

    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    # when no arguments passed,
    # set positional parameters
    # to ttf in current directory
    set -- $(ls *.[Tt][Tt][Ff])
    fi

    E_NOARGS=85
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Error: No TrueType font files found!"
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` [Consolas.ttf]"
    exit $E_NOARGS
    fi


    ASC="1884" # ascender
    DSC="514" # descender, already negative in file
    GAP="0" # lineGap

    D='[0-9]\{1,\}' # BRE equivalent of PCRE \d+

    # iterate through positional parameters
    for font; do
    # dump hhea table
    ftxdumperfuser -t hhea "$font" | \
    # replace desired values
    sed \
    -e "/ascender=/s/$D/$ASC/" \
    -e "/descender=/s/$D/$DSC/" \
    -e "/lineGap=/s/$D/$GAP/" | \
    # fuse hhea table back into font
    ftxdumperfuser -F -t hhea "$font"
    echo "Fixed $font"
    done

    exit $?