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diff --git a/cpp/README b/cpp/README deleted file mode 100644 index 6c40119..0000000 --- a/cpp/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -To build: - -Check out a recent version of OTS, so that ots-read-only/ is alongside cpp/ - -Cd into cpp, and run "scons". - -Then, decompress a font using ./woff2-decompress font.wof2 > font.ttf . - -An example font is provided (Inconsolata-Regular.wof2). In this snapshot, -it contains no actual compression, but does apply the glyf table transform -and has the file format and structure as described in the current draft -of the "WOFF Ultra Condensed file format" doc. - -That said, it is possible to get reliable estimates, and at the very least, -bounds, on the compression efficiency, with the confidence that the -compression is reversible. Running the compressor and doing a whole-file -compression with a standard entropy coder such as gzip or lzma will yield -a file size within a few dozen bytes or so of using a single entropy coded -stream in the final file format. - -Another limitation of the current implementation snapshot is that it -doesn't implement continue streams. These will follow shortly. - -= Building with lzma = - -The lzma-enabled build is made with gyp instead of scons. Right now, the build -requires patching a clean copy of OTS. (And thanks to Bashi for the patch!) - -- Download GYP from http://code.google.com/p/gyp/ -- Download clean OTS sources: -% svn checkout http://ots.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ots-read-only -- Apply patch -% cd ots-read-only; patch -p0 < ../ots-lzma.patch -- Run gyp to generate Makefile -% cd ../cpp; gyp --depth=. -f make woff2.gyp -- Build -% make - -Now run: - -out/Default/woff2-decompress Inconsolata-Regular-lzma.wof2 > i.ttf - -We expect the build recipes to be cleaned up before the code is ready for -production, but this should be good enough for testing. |