The nototools python package contains python scripts used to maintain the Noto Fonts project, including the google.com/get/noto website.

On Mac OS X, install dependencies with homebrew

# used to ask for pygtk as well
brew install harfbuzz cairo pango imagemagick

Install python dependencies,

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then install nototools. Since nototools changes frequently, installing using 'editable' mode is recommended:

pip install -e .

The following scripts are provided:

• autofix_for_release.py
• add_vs_cmap.py
• coverage.py
• create_image.py
• decompose_ttc.py
• drop_hints.py
• dump_otl.py
• fix_khmer_and_lao_coverage.py
• fix_noto_cjk_thin.py
• generate_sample_text.py
• generate_website_2_data.py
• merge_noto.py
• merge_fonts.py
• noto_lint.py
• scale.py
• subset.py
• subset_symbols.py
• test_vertical_extents.py

The following tools are provided:

• notodiff

See https://googlefonts.github.io/python#make-a-release.