Fontbakery Technical Report

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Summary

💥 ERROR 🔥 FAIL ⚠️ WARN ⏩ SKIP ℹ️ INFO ✅ PASS
1 3 17 38 8 174
1% 2% 10% 22% 5% 99%

Note: The following loglevels were omitted in this report: SKIP, INFO, PASS, DEBUG

Meaning of check results:

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FontBakery version: 0.9.2

Section: Google Fonts

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Does DESCRIPTION file contain a upstream Git repo URL?

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

    Please host your font project on a public Git repo (such as GitHub or GitLab) and place a link in the DESCRIPTION.en_us.html file. [code: lacks-git-url]

DESCRIPTION.en_us.html should end in a linebreak.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/description/eof_linebreak>
⚠️ Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    The last characther on DESCRIPTION.en_us.html is not a line-break. Please add it. [code: missing-eof-linebreak]

Check for codepoints not covered by METADATA subsets.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/metadata/unreachable_subsetting>
⚠️ Comfortaa[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, canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02C9 MODIFIER LETTER MACRON: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+02D8 BREVE: try adding canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02D9 DOT ABOVE: try adding canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02DB OGONEK: try adding canadian-aboriginal
    • U+02DD DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0300 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT: try adding one of: coptic, tai-le, cherokee
    • U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT: try adding one of: coptic, tai-le, tifinagh, cherokee
    • U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT: try adding one of: coptic, tifinagh, cherokee
    • U+0303 COMBINING TILDE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0304 COMBINING MACRON: try adding one of: coptic, gothic, tifinagh, cherokee
    • U+0306 COMBINING BREVE: try adding tifinagh
    • U+0307 COMBINING DOT ABOVE: try adding one of: coptic, tai-le, canadian-aboriginal, malayalam, tifinagh
    • U+0308 COMBINING DIAERESIS: try adding one of: coptic, tai-le, gothic
    • U+0309 COMBINING HOOK ABOVE: try adding tifinagh
    • U+030A COMBINING RING ABOVE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+030B COMBINING DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT: try adding cherokee
    • U+030C COMBINING CARON: try adding one of: tai-le, cherokee
    • U+030F COMBINING DOUBLE GRAVE ACCENT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0311 COMBINING INVERTED BREVE: try adding coptic
    • U+0312 COMBINING TURNED COMMA ABOVE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+031B COMBINING HORN: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0323 COMBINING DOT BELOW: try adding one of: coptic, malayalam, tifinagh, cherokee
    • U+0324 COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW: try adding 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+032E COMBINING BREVE BELOW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0331 COMBINING MACRON BELOW: try adding one of: gothic, tifinagh, cherokee
    • U+0335 COMBINING SHORT STROKE OVERLAY: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0336 COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0344 COMBINING GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2010 HYPHEN: try adding one of: syloti-nagri, arabic, kaithi, kharoshthi, coptic, lisu, sundanese, kayah-li, cham
    • U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2030 PER MILLE SIGN: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+203C DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+203E OVERLINE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2052 COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2105 CARE OF: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2126 OHM SIGN: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+212E ESTIMATED SYMBOL: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+215B VULGAR FRACTION ONE EIGHTH: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+215C VULGAR FRACTION THREE EIGHTHS: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+215D VULGAR FRACTION FIVE EIGHTHS: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+215E VULGAR FRACTION SEVEN EIGHTHS: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2190 LEFTWARDS ARROW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2192 RIGHTWARDS ARROW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2194 LEFT RIGHT ARROW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2195 UP DOWN ARROW: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+21A8 UP DOWN ARROW WITH BASE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2202 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2206 INCREMENT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+220F N-ARY PRODUCT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2211 N-ARY SUMMATION: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR: try adding tai-tham
    • U+221A SQUARE ROOT: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+221E INFINITY: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+221F RIGHT ANGLE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2229 INTERSECTION: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+222B INTEGRAL: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2260 NOT EQUAL TO: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2261 IDENTICAL TO: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2265 GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+27E8 MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+27E9 MATHEMATICAL RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+FB01 LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+FB02 LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FL: not included in any glyphset definition

    Or you can add the above codepoints to one of the subsets supported by the font: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, menu, vietnamese [code: unreachable-subsetting]

Check copyright namerecords match license file.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/name/license>
⚠️ Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider using HTTPS URLs at name table entry [plat=3, enc=1, name=13] [code: http-in-description]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    For now we're still accepting http URLs, but you should consider using https instead. [code: http]

License URL matches License text on name table?

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/name/license_url>
⚠️ Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider using HTTPS URLs at name table entry [plat=3, enc=1, name=13] [code: http-in-description]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider using HTTPS URLs at name table entry [plat=3, enc=1, name=13] [code: http-in-description]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider using HTTPS URLs at name table entry [plat=3, enc=1, name=13] [code: http-in-description]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider using HTTPS URLs at name table entry [plat=3, enc=1, name=14] [code: http-in-license-info]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    For now we're still accepting http URLs, but you should consider using https instead. [code: http]

Copyright notice on METADATA.pb should not contain 'Reserved Font Name'.

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

    METADATA.pb: copyright field ("Copyright 2011 The Comfortaa Project Authors (https://github.com/alexeiva/comfortaa), with Reserved Font Name "Comfortaa".") contains "Reserved Font Name". This is an error except in a few specific rare cases. [code: rfn]

METADATA.pb: Check URL on copyright string is the same as in repository_url field.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/metadata/consistent_repo_urls>
🔥 Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    Value of repository_url field is

    But font copyright string has: https://github.com/alexeiva/comfortaa [code: mismatch]

Are there caret positions declared for every ligature?

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

    This font lacks caret position values for ligature glyphs on its GDEF table. [code: lacks-caret-pos]

Is there kerning info for non-ligated sequences?

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

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

    - f + f
    
    - f + i
    
    - i + f
    
    - f + l
    
    - l + f
    
    - i + l [code: lacks-kern-info]
    

Name table strings must not contain the string 'Reserved Font Name'.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/name/rfn>
⚠️ Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Name table entry contains "Reserved Font Name" for a family name ("Comfortaa") that differs from the currently used family name (Comfortaa), which is fine. [code: legacy-familyname]

A static fonts directory with at least two fonts must accompany variable fonts

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/repo/vf_has_static_fonts>
⚠️ Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

    Please consider adding a subdirectory called "static/" and including in it static font files. [code: missing]

Ensure METADATA.pb does not use escaped strings.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/metadata/escaped_strings>
🔥 Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    Found escaped chars at 'Copyright 2011 The Comfortaa Project Authors (https://github.com/alexeiva/comfortaa), with Reserved Font Name '. Please use an unicode string instead. [code: escaped-strings]

Ensure Stylistic Sets have description.

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

    The stylistic set ss01 lacks a description string on the 'name' table. [code: missing-description]

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

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

    This font file does not have a 'meta' table. [code: lacks-meta-table]

Section: Universal

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Check font contains no unreachable glyphs

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

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

    - tonos.case
    

    [code: unreachable-glyphs]

Does the font contain a soft hyphen?

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

    This font has a 'Soft Hyphen' character. [code: softhyphen]

Check math signs have the same width.

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

    The most common width is 547 among a set of 8 math glyphs. The following math glyphs have a different width, though:

    Width = 508: notequal, equivalence, equal

    Width = 469: divide, multiply, approxequal

    Width = 703: orthogonal [code: width-outliers]

Check accent of Lcaron, dcaron, lcaron, tcaron (derived from com.google.fonts/check/alt_caron)

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/alt_caron:googlefonts>
💥 Comfortaa[wght].ttf
  • 💥 ERROR

    Failed with TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable float object

Section: fontbakery.profiles.dsig

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Does the font have a DSIG table?

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

    This font has a digital signature (DSIG table) which is only required - even if only a placeholder - on old programs like MS Office 2013 in order to work properly. The current recommendation is to completely remove the DSIG table. [code: found-DSIG]

Section: Shaping Checks

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Ensure dotted circle glyph is present and can attach marks.

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

    No dotted circle glyph present [code: missing-dotted-circle]

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

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

    The dot of soft dotted characters used in orthographies must disappear in the following strings: į̀ į́ į̂ į̃ į̄ į̌ і́ ị̀ ị́ ị̂ ị̃ ị̄

    The dot of soft dotted characters should disappear in other cases, for example: i̦̇ i̦̊ i̦̋ ǐ̦ i̦̒ j̦̀ j̦́ j̦̃ j̦̄ j̦̆ j̦̇ j̦̈ j̦̉ j̦̊ j̦̋ ǰ̦ j̦̏ j̦̑ j̦̒ į̆

    Your font fully covers the following languages that require the soft-dotted feature: Navajo (Latn, 166,319 speakers), Lithuanian (Latn, 2,357,094 speakers), Igbo (Latn, 27,823,640 speakers), Dutch (Latn, 31,709,104 speakers).

    Your font does not cover the following languages that require the soft-dotted feature: Ukrainian (Cyrl, 29,273,587 speakers), Basaa (Latn, 332,940 speakers), Aghem (Latn, 38,843 speakers), Belarusian (Cyrl, 10,064,517 speakers). [code: soft-dotted]