Re: "mtxrun --script fonts --reload" hangs when loading "LXGWNeoXiHei.ttf"

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 10:53, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 3/25/2026 5:40 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:
>
> >      $ wget 'https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/LXGWNeoXiHei.ttf'
>
> are these fonts actually tested at all before being uploaded
>
>
Using ttx should be doable, I think

$ ttx LXGWNeoXiHei.ttf

Dumping "LXGWNeoXiHei.ttf" to "LXGWNeoXiHei#2.ttx"...
Dumping 'GlyphOrder' table...
ERROR: An exception occurred during the decompilation of the 'post' table
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
482, in _readTable
    table.decompile(data, self)
  File
"/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_p_o_s_t.py",
line 52, in decompile
    raise ttLib.TTLibError(
fontTools.ttLib.TTLibError: 'post' table format 7865.120026 not supported
ERROR: Unhandled exception has occurred
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 452, in
main
    process(jobs, options)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 434, in
process
    action(input, output, options)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/misc/loggingTools.py",
line 375, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttx.py", line 295, in
ttDump
    ttf.saveXML(
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
289, in saveXML
    self._saveXML(writer, **kwargs)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
354, in _saveXML
    self._tableToXML(tableWriter, tag, splitGlyphs=splitGlyphs)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
386, in _tableToXML
    table.toXML(writer, self)
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
866, in toXML
    glyphOrder = ttFont.getGlyphOrder()
  File "/<..>/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fontTools/ttLib/ttFont.py", line
543, in getGlyphOrder
    glyphOrder = self["post"].getGlyphOrder()
AttributeError: 'DefaultTable' object has no attribute 'getGlyphOrder'

at least as long as it's supported...

--
luigi

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