afm.py

# this file is part of mftrace - a tool to generate scalable fonts from bitmaps  
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# Copyright (c)  2001--2006 by
#  Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen



import re
import sys

# Read some global vars 
class Afm_reader:
    def __init__ (self, lines):
        self.lines = lines

    def get_afm (self):
        afm = Afm_font_metric ()
        for i in self.lines[:20]:
            m = re.match ('([^ \t\n]*)[ \t]*(.*[^ \t\n])', i)
            if m and m.group (1):
                key = m.group (1)
                value = m.group (2)
                if key != 'Comment':
                    afm.__dict__[key] = value
        return afm

class Afm_font_metric:
    def __init__ (self):
        pass
    
def read_afm_file (filename):
    reader = Afm_reader (open (filename).readlines ())
    return reader.get_afm ()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    i = read_afm_file  (sys.argv[1])
    print(i, i.FullName, i.FontName)