Fontbakery Technical Report

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Summary

💥 ERROR 🔥 FAIL ⚠️ WARN ⏩ SKIP ℹ️ INFO ✅ PASS
0 7 14 38 9 173
0% 4% 8% 22% 5% 98%

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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Checking OS/2 achVendID.

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

    OS/2 VendorID value 'NONE' is not yet recognized. If you registered it recently, then it's safe to ignore this warning message. Otherwise, you should set it to your own unique 4 character code, and register it with Microsoft at https://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/vendorlist.aspx [code: unknown]

Check Google Fonts glyph coverage.

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

    Missing required codepoints:

    - 0x02D9 (DOT ABOVE)
    
    
    - 0x0132 (LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ)
    
    
    - 0x0133 (LATIN SMALL LIGATURE IJ)
    
    
    - 0x02DD (DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT)
    
    
    - 0x02C7 (CARON)
    
    
    - 0x02D8 (BREVE)
    
    
    - 0x02DB (OGONEK)
    

    [code: missing-codepoints]

Check for codepoints not covered by METADATA subsets.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/metadata/unreachable_subsetting>
⚠️ Sora[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+0300 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT: try adding one of: cherokee, coptic, tai-le
    • U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT: try adding one of: tifinagh, cherokee, coptic, tai-le
    • U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT: try adding one of: tifinagh, cherokee, coptic
    • U+0303 COMBINING TILDE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0304 COMBINING MACRON: try adding one of: tifinagh, gothic, cherokee, coptic
    • U+0306 COMBINING BREVE: try adding tifinagh
    • U+0307 COMBINING DOT ABOVE: try adding one of: tai-le, tifinagh, canadian-aboriginal, malayalam, coptic
    • U+0308 COMBINING DIAERESIS: try adding one of: gothic, coptic, tai-le
    • 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: cherokee, tai-le
    • U+0312 COMBINING TURNED COMMA ABOVE: not included in any glyphset definition
    • 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+0335 COMBINING SHORT STROKE OVERLAY: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+0336 COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+17DB KHMER CURRENCY SYMBOL RIEL: try adding khmer
    • U+1EBC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH TILDE: try adding vietnamese
    • U+1EBD LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH TILDE: try adding vietnamese
    • U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER: not included in any glyphset definition
    • U+2030 PER MILLE SIGN: 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+E000 : 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: latin, latin-ext, menu [code: unreachable-subsetting]

Check OFL body text is correct.

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/license/OFL_body_text>
🔥 Sora[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    The OFL.txt body text is incorrect. Please use https://github.com/googlefonts/Unified-Font-Repository/blob/main/OFL.txt as a template. You should only modify the first line. [code: incorrect-ofl-body-text]

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>
🔥 Sora[wght].ttf
  • 🔥 FAIL

    Value of repository_url field is

    But font copyright string has: https://github.com/sora-xor/sora-font [code: mismatch]

Check glyphs do not have components which are themselves components.

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

    The following glyphs have components which themselves are component glyphs: * Adieresis * Dcroat * Edieresis * Idieresis * Idieresis.salt * Odieresis * Udieresis * Wdieresis * Ydieresis * adieresis * dieresis * edieresis * guillemotright * guillemotright.case * idieresis * uni0137 * uni013C * uni013C.salt * uni0146 * odieresis * onehalf * onequarter * quotedblbase * quotedblleft * uni0157 * uni0157.salt * uni0219 * uni021B * uni021B.salt * threequarters * udieresis * udieresis.salt * wdieresis and ydieresis [code: found-nested-components]

Check a font's STAT table contains compulsory Axis Values.

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

    Compulsory STAT Axis Values are incorrect:

    | Name | Axis | Current Value | Current Flags | Current LinkedValue | Expected Value | Expected Flags | Expected LinkedValue | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Thin | wght | 100.0 | 0 | None | 100.0 | 0 | None | | ExtraLight | wght | 200.0 | 0 | None | 200.0 | 0 | None | | Light | wght | 300.0 | 0 | None | 300.0 | 0 | None | | Regular | wght | 400.0 | 2 | None | 400.0 | 2 | 700.0 | | Medium | wght | N/A | N/A | N/A | 500.0 | 0 | None | | SemiBold | wght | 600.0 | 0 | None | 600.0 | 0 | None | | Bold | wght | 700.0 | 0 | None | 700.0 | 0 | None | | ExtraBold | wght | 800.0 | 0 | None | 800.0 | 0 | None | [code: bad-axis-values]

Check variable font instances

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

    fvar instances are incorrect:

    • Add missing instances

    | Name | current | expected | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Thin | wght=100.0 | wght=100.0 | | ExtraLight | wght=200.0 | wght=200.0 | | Light | wght=300.0 | wght=300.0 | | Regular | wght=400.0 | wght=400.0 | | Medium | N/A | wght=500.0 | | SemiBold | wght=600.0 | wght=600.0 | | Bold | wght=700.0 | wght=700.0 | | ExtraBold | wght=800.0 | wght=800.0 | [code: bad-fvar-instances]

Is there kerning info for non-ligated sequences?

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

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

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

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>
⚠️ Sora[wght].ttf
  • ⚠️ WARN

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

METADATA.pb: Designers are listed correctly on the Google Fonts catalog?

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

    It seems that Jonathan Barnbrook is still not listed on the designers catalog. Please submit a photo and a link to a webpage where people can learn more about the work of this designer/typefoundry. [code: profile-not-found]

  • ⚠️ WARN

    It seems that Julián Moncada is still not listed on the designers catalog. Please submit a photo and a link to a webpage where people can learn more about the work of this designer/typefoundry. [code: profile-not-found]

Ensure variable fonts include an avar table.

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

    This variable font does not have an avar table. [code: missing-avar]

Ensure Stylistic Sets have description.

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

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

    - uni0312.case
    

    [code: unreachable-glyphs]

Does the font contain a soft hyphen?

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

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

Ensure component transforms do not perform scaling or rotation.

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

    The following glyphs had components with scaling or rotation or inverted outline direction:

    • braceright (component braceleft)
    • braceright.case (component braceleft.case)
    • bracketright (component bracketleft)
    • bracketright.case (component bracketleft.case)
    • exclamdown (component exclam)
    • exclamdown.case (component exclam)
    • parenright (component parenleft)
    • parenright.case (component parenleft.case) [code: transformed-components]

Check math signs have the same width.

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

    The most common width is 590 among a set of 9 math glyphs. The following math glyphs have a different width, though:

    Width = 611: logicalnot

    Width = 610: plusminus [code: width-outliers]

Section: fontbakery.profiles.dsig

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Does the font have a DSIG table?

Check ID: <FontBakeryCheck:com.google.fonts/check/dsig>
⚠️ Sora[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>
⚠️ Sora[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>
⚠️ Sora[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: i̦̒ j̦̒ į̆ į̇ į̈ į̊ į̋ į̒ į̦̒ į̧̒ į̨̒ į̵̀ į̵́ į̵̂ į̵̃ į̵̄ į̵̆ į̵̇ į̵̈ į̵̊

    Your font fully covers the following languages that require the soft-dotted feature: 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), Igbo (Latn, 27,823,640 speakers), Lithuanian (Latn, 2,357,094 speakers), Belarusian (Cyrl, 10,064,517 speakers), Navajo (Latn, 166,319 speakers), Basaa (Latn, 332,940 speakers), Aghem (Latn, 38,843 speakers). [code: soft-dotted]