moving to cli build

.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 venv
 *(Autosaved).glyphs
 nohadra/*
+ufos/*
 !nohadra/*.glyphs

Makefile

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-OUTPUT_DIRS := nohadra
+# Directory containing the Glyphs source files
+GLYPHS_DIR := glyphs
+GLYPH_FILES := $(foreach dir, $(GLYPHS_DIR), $(shell find $(dir) -name '*.glyphs' | grep -v ' (Autosaved).glyphs'))
+# Directory to store the intermediate master UFO files
+UFO_DIR := ufos
+# Directory to store the generated font files
+OUTPUT_DIR := fonts
 FONT_EXTENSIONS := otf ttf woff woff2
-FONTS_DIR := fonts
-
-GLYPH_FILES := $(foreach dir, $(OUTPUT_DIRS), $(shell find $(dir) -name '*.glyphs' | grep -v ' (Autosaved).glyphs'))
-
 SAMPLE_DIR := samples
 
 all: build generate-png install test
@@ -14,27 +16,40 @@ venv/created: requirements.txt
 	touch venv/created
 
 venv: venv/created
+	. venv/bin/activate
 
 open:
 	for file in $(GLYPH_FILES); do \
 		if [ -f "$$file" ]; then \
 			open -a /Applications/Glyphs\ 3.app "$$file"; \
 		fi \
 	done
+# Ensure the output directories exist
+$(UFO_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $(UFO_DIR)
 
-build:
-	for file in $(GLYPH_FILES); do \
-		if [ -f "$$file" ]; then \
-			osascript scripts/exportfont.scpt "$$file"; \
-		fi \
-	done
+# Rule to generate master UFOs from Glyphs files
+$(UFO_DIR)/%.designspace: $(GLYPHS_DIR)/%.glyphs | $(UFO_DIR) venv
+	. venv/bin/activate && \
+	fontmake -g $< -o ufo --output-dir $(UFO_DIR)
+
+# Ensure the output directory exists
+$(OUTPUT_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+# Rule to build OTF fonts from master UFOs
+$(OUTPUT_DIR)/%.otf: $(UFO_DIR)/%.designspace | $(OUTPUT_DIR) venv
+	. venv/bin/activate && \
+	fontmake -m $< -o otf --output-dir $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+build: $(GLYPH_FILES:$(GLYPHS_DIR)/%.glyphs=$(OUTPUT_DIR)/%.otf)
 
 install: build
 	./install_fonts.sh
 
 test: venv
 	. venv/bin/activate; \
-	for file in $(FONTS_DIR)/*.otf; do \
+	for file in $(OUTPUT_DIR)/*.otf; do \
 		if [ -f "$$file" ]; then \
 			fontbakery check-opentype $$file; \
 			fontbakery check-universal $$file; \
@@ -43,20 +58,21 @@ test: venv
 
 clean:
 	@for ext in $(FONT_EXTENSIONS); do \
-		for file in $(OUTPUT_DIRS)/*.$$ext; do \
+		for file in $(GLYPHS_DIR)/*.$$ext; do \
 			if [ -f "$$file" ]; then \
 				rm $$file; \
 			fi; \
 		done; \
 	done; \
 	rm -rf venv; \
-	rm -rf $(FONTS_DIR)/*
-	rm -rf samples/*
+	rm -rf $(OUTPUT_DIR)/*
+	rm -rf samples/*.png
+	rm -rf $(UFO_DIR)
 
 # Target to generate PNG with Syriac sample text using Python
 generate-png: venv
 	. venv/bin/activate && \
-	for file in $(FONTS_DIR)/*.otf; do \
+	for file in $(OUTPUT_DIR)/*.otf; do \
 			font=$$(basename "$$file" .otf); \
 			python3 scripts/render_text.py "$$file" "ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܫܠܡܐ ܘܣܒܪܐ ܛܒܐ ܠܒܪܢܫ̈ܐ" "$(SAMPLE_DIR)/$$font.png"; \
 			python3 scripts/render_text.py "$$file" "ܢܘܗܕܪܐ" "$(SAMPLE_DIR)/$$font-nohadra-sample.png"; \

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ The Nohadra Syriac Font family includes Syriac typefaces with square, block-like
   <img src="samples/NohadraSyriac-Sapna-nohadra-sapna-text.png" alt="" width="400"/>
 </p>
 
-Sapna is a monospaced and minimal block style Syriac typeface. [View sample text](samples/index-sapna.html)
+Sapna is a monospaced and minimal block style Syriac typeface. 
+<!-- [View sample text](samples/index-sapna.html) -->
 
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ Sapna is a monospaced and minimal block style Syriac typeface. [View sample text
   <img src="samples/NohadraSyriac-Amedia-nohadra-amedia-text.png" alt="" width="400"/>
 </p>
 
-Amedia offers the same look and feel as Sapna, but with rounder edges. [View sample text](samples/index-amedia.html)
+Amedia offers the same look and feel as Sapna, but with rounder edges. 
+<!-- [View sample text](samples/index-amedia.html) -->
 
 <p align="center">
   <img src="samples/NohadraSyriac-Amedia.png" alt="" width="3000"/>