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Zach Nelson 74b8cac928 chore: Add verbose mode to build-sd-fonts.py (#1923)
## Summary

One of the recent font conversion script changes obliterated
performance. Add a verbose mode to build-sd-fonts.py to help diagnose
problems. Changed the CI process to use verbose mode.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Build SD card fonts from a declarative YAML config.
Reads sd-fonts.yaml, downloads any missing source fonts, runs
fontconvert_sdcard.py in parallel for each family, and optionally
generates the fonts.json manifest.
Usage:
# Generate fonts (output in ./output/)
python3 build-sd-fonts.py
# Generate fonts + manifest
python3 build-sd-fonts.py --manifest --base-url "http://localhost:8000/"
# Custom config / output paths
python3 build-sd-fonts.py --config my-fonts.yaml --output-dir dist/
# Generate only specific families
python3 build-sd-fonts.py --only Literata,IBMPlexMono
# Stream child process output for debugging
python3 build-sd-fonts.py --verbose
# Override the per-family timeout (default: 600s)
python3 build-sd-fonts.py --timeout 1200
"""
import argparse
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import threading
import time
import urllib.request
from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, as_completed
from pathlib import Path
import yaml
SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
FONTCONVERT = SCRIPT_DIR / "fontconvert_sdcard.py"
EPDFONTS_DIR = SCRIPT_DIR.parent # lib/EpdFont
DEFAULT_CONFIG = SCRIPT_DIR / "sd-fonts.yaml"
DEFAULT_OUTPUT = SCRIPT_DIR / "output"
DOWNLOAD_DIR = SCRIPT_DIR / "downloaded_fonts"
INSTANCE_DIR = SCRIPT_DIR / "instanced_fonts"
def download_font(url: str, dest: Path) -> Path:
"""Download a font file if not already cached. Returns the local path."""
if dest.exists():
return dest
dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
print(f" Downloading {dest.name}...")
try:
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, dest)
except Exception as e:
dest.unlink(missing_ok=True)
raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to download {url}: {e}") from e
size_kb = dest.stat().st_size / 1024
print(f" Downloaded {dest.name} ({size_kb:.0f} KB)")
return dest
def extract_static_instance(source_path: Path, axes: dict, family_name: str, style_name: str) -> Path:
"""Use fonttools instancer to pin variable font axes, producing a static TTF.
Caches the result in INSTANCE_DIR/<family>/<style>_<axes>_<mtime>.ttf.
Returns the path to the static font file.
"""
from fontTools.varLib.instancer import instantiateVariableFont
from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
mtime = int(source_path.stat().st_mtime)
axis_key = "_".join(f"{k}{v}" for k, v in sorted(axes.items()))
cache_name = f"{style_name}_{axis_key}_{mtime}.ttf"
cached = INSTANCE_DIR / family_name / cache_name
if cached.exists():
return cached
# Clean old cached instances for this style
cached.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for old in cached.parent.glob(f"{style_name}_*.ttf"):
old.unlink()
print(f" Extracting static instance: {family_name}/{style_name} ({axis_key})")
# Atomic write: save to a temp file first, then rename. A crash or save()
# exception would otherwise leave a corrupt `cached` file that future runs
# would happily reuse via the `cached.exists()` check above.
tmp_fd, tmp_name = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".ttf", dir=cached.parent)
os.close(tmp_fd)
tmp_path = Path(tmp_name)
# Keep separate handles for the source variable font and the static
# instance: instantiateVariableFont with default inplace=False returns a
# *new* TTFont, so rebinding `font` would otherwise strand the source's
# file handle open until GC runs.
#
# updateFontNames=True — rewrite the name table so the saved font
# reports its weight/style accurately rather
# than retaining the variable-font names.
# optimize=False — skip the gvar interpolation optimisation;
# fully pinning every axis drops gvar anyway,
# so the work would be wasted.
source_font = TTFont(str(source_path))
try:
font = instantiateVariableFont(source_font, axes, updateFontNames=True, optimize=False)
try:
font.save(str(tmp_path))
finally:
font.close()
except Exception:
tmp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
raise
finally:
source_font.close()
tmp_path.replace(cached)
return cached
def resolve_font_path(style_spec: dict, family_name: str, style_name: str) -> Path:
"""Resolve a style spec (path or url) to a local font file path.
If 'variable' key is present, extracts a static instance via fonttools
instancer after resolving the source file.
"""
if "path" in style_spec:
resolved = EPDFONTS_DIR / style_spec["path"]
if not resolved.exists():
raise FileNotFoundError(f"{family_name}/{style_name}: {resolved} not found")
elif "url" in style_spec:
url = style_spec["url"]
# Derive a stable filename from the URL
filename = url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
dest = DOWNLOAD_DIR / family_name / filename
resolved = download_font(url, dest)
else:
raise ValueError(f"{family_name}/{style_name}: must have 'path' or 'url'")
# If variable font axes are specified, extract a static instance
if "variable" in style_spec:
resolved = extract_static_instance(
resolved, style_spec["variable"], family_name, style_name
)
return resolved
def _stream_pipe(pipe, prefix: str, dest: list[str]):
"""Read lines from a pipe, print with prefix, and accumulate into dest."""
for line in pipe:
dest.append(line)
print(f" [{prefix}] {line}", end="", flush=True)
def build_family(
family: dict, output_base: Path, verbose: bool = False, timeout: int = 600
) -> tuple[str, bool, str]:
"""Build a single font family. Returns (name, success, message)."""
name = family["name"]
output_dir = output_base / name
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
styles = family.get("styles", {})
intervals = family["intervals"]
sizes = ",".join(str(s) for s in family["sizes"])
# Resolve all font file paths (downloads as needed)
try:
resolved_styles = {}
for style_name, style_spec in styles.items():
resolved_styles[style_name] = resolve_font_path(style_spec, name, style_name)
except (FileNotFoundError, RuntimeError) as e:
return name, False, str(e)
# Build the fontconvert_sdcard.py command
cmd = [sys.executable, str(FONTCONVERT)]
multi_style = len(resolved_styles) > 1 or "regular" not in resolved_styles
has_any_multi = any(k in resolved_styles for k in ("regular", "bold", "italic", "bolditalic"))
if has_any_multi and len(resolved_styles) > 1:
# Multi-style mode
for style_name, font_path in resolved_styles.items():
cmd.extend([f"--{style_name}", str(font_path)])
else:
# Single-style mode
style_name = next(iter(resolved_styles))
font_path = resolved_styles[style_name]
cmd.append(str(font_path))
cmd.extend(["--style", style_name])
cmd.extend(["--intervals", intervals])
cmd.extend(["--sizes", sizes])
cmd.extend(["--name", name])
cmd.extend(["--output-dir", str(output_dir) + "/"])
if family.get("force_autohint", False):
cmd.append("--force-autohint")
# Run fontconvert_sdcard.py
start = time.monotonic()
try:
if verbose:
proc = subprocess.Popen(
cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True
)
stdout_lines: list[str] = []
stderr_lines: list[str] = []
t_out = threading.Thread(
target=_stream_pipe, args=(proc.stdout, name, stdout_lines)
)
t_err = threading.Thread(
target=_stream_pipe, args=(proc.stderr, f"{name}/err", stderr_lines)
)
t_out.start()
t_err.start()
try:
proc.wait(timeout=timeout)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
proc.kill()
proc.wait()
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
return name, False, f"Timed out after {elapsed:.0f}s"
finally:
t_out.join()
t_err.join()
if proc.returncode != 0:
err = "".join(stderr_lines).strip()
return name, False, err or f"Exit code {proc.returncode}"
return name, True, ""
else:
result = subprocess.run(
cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout,
)
if result.returncode != 0:
return name, False, result.stderr.strip() or f"Exit code {result.returncode}"
return name, True, ""
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
tail = ""
captured = getattr(e, "stderr", None) or getattr(e, "stdout", None)
if captured:
lines = captured.strip().splitlines()
tail = "\n Last output:\n" + "\n".join(f" | {l}" for l in lines[-20:])
return name, False, f"Timed out after {elapsed:.0f}s{tail}"
except Exception as e:
return name, False, str(e)
def generate_manifest(
config_path: Path, output_base: Path, base_url: str, manifest_path: Path
):
"""Generate fonts.json manifest from config + built output.
Uses the standalone generate-font-manifest.py as a subprocess so
descriptions come from the YAML config via --descriptions-from.
"""
manifest_script = SCRIPT_DIR.parent.parent.parent / "scripts" / "generate-font-manifest.py"
if not base_url.endswith("/"):
base_url += "/"
cmd = [
sys.executable, str(manifest_script),
"--input", str(output_base),
"--base-url", base_url,
"--output", str(manifest_path),
]
if config_path.exists():
cmd.extend(["--descriptions-from", str(config_path)])
manifest_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
if result.returncode != 0:
print(f"ERROR: Manifest generation failed:\n{result.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
return
print(result.stdout, end="")
print(f"Manifest written: {manifest_path}")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Build SD card fonts from YAML config")
parser.add_argument(
"--config", default=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG), help="Path to font families YAML config"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--output-dir", default=str(DEFAULT_OUTPUT), help="Output directory for .cpfont files"
)
parser.add_argument("--only", help="Comma-separated family names to build (default: all)")
parser.add_argument("--manifest", action="store_true", help="Also generate fonts.json manifest")
parser.add_argument("--base-url", default="", help="Base URL for manifest (required with --manifest)")
parser.add_argument(
"--manifest-output", default=None, help="Manifest output path (default: <output-dir>/fonts.json)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--jobs", "-j", type=int, default=None,
help="Max parallel jobs (default: number of families)"
)
parser.add_argument("--clean", action="store_true", help="Clean output directory before building")
parser.add_argument(
"--verbose", "-v", action="store_true",
help="Stream child process output in real time (useful for debugging timeouts)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--timeout", type=int, default=600,
help="Per-family timeout in seconds (default: 600)"
)
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.manifest and not args.base_url:
parser.error("--base-url is required when using --manifest")
# Load config
config_path = Path(args.config)
if not config_path.exists():
print(f"ERROR: Config not found: {config_path}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
with open(config_path) as f:
config = yaml.safe_load(f)
families = config.get("families", [])
if not families:
print("ERROR: No families defined in config", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
# Filter if --only specified
if args.only:
only_names = set(args.only.split(","))
families = [f for f in families if f["name"] in only_names]
missing = only_names - {f["name"] for f in families}
if missing:
print(f"WARNING: families not found in config: {', '.join(missing)}", file=sys.stderr)
if not families:
print("ERROR: no matching families after --only filter", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
output_base = Path(args.output_dir)
if args.clean and output_base.exists():
print(f"Cleaning {output_base}...")
shutil.rmtree(output_base)
output_base.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# Download phase (sequential — avoids hammering servers)
print(f"\n=== Resolving {len(families)} font families ===\n")
for family in families:
for style_name, style_spec in family.get("styles", {}).items():
if "url" in style_spec:
try:
resolve_font_path(style_spec, family["name"], style_name)
except Exception as e:
print(f"ERROR: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
# Build phase (parallel)
max_workers = args.jobs or len(families)
verbose = args.verbose
timeout = args.timeout
print(f"\n=== Building {len(families)} families ({max_workers} parallel jobs, timeout {timeout}s) ===\n")
failed = []
with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers) as executor:
futures = {
executor.submit(build_family, family, output_base, verbose, timeout): family["name"]
for family in families
}
for future in as_completed(futures):
name, success, message = future.result()
if success:
# Count output files
family_dir = output_base / name
count = len(list(family_dir.glob("*.cpfont")))
size = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in family_dir.glob("*.cpfont"))
print(f" OK: {name} ({count} files, {size / 1024 / 1024:.1f} MB)")
else:
print(f" FAILED: {name}: {message}", file=sys.stderr)
failed.append(name)
# Summary
print("\n=== Summary ===\n")
total_files = len(list(output_base.rglob("*.cpfont")))
total_size = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in output_base.rglob("*.cpfont"))
print(f"Total: {total_files} .cpfont files ({total_size / 1024 / 1024:.1f} MB)")
if failed:
print(f"\nFailed families: {', '.join(failed)}", file=sys.stderr)
# Manifest
if args.manifest:
manifest_path = Path(args.manifest_output) if args.manifest_output else output_base / "fonts.json"
generate_manifest(config_path, output_base, args.base_url, manifest_path)
if failed:
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()