Disable FontVal E4012 (GDEF header v1.3 not yet recognized)
(issue
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ def com_google_fonts_check_037(font):
# Some other checks we want to completely disable:
disabled_fval_checks = [
+ # FontVal E4012 thinks that
+ # "Versions 0x00010000 and 0x0001002 are currently
+ # the only defined versions of the GDEF table."
+ # but the GDEF chapter of the OpenType specification at
+ # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/gdef
+ # describes GDEF header version 1.3, which is not yet recognized
+ # by FontVal, thus resulting in this spurious false-FAIL:
+ "The version number is neither 0x00010000 nor 0x0001002",
+
# These messages below are simply fontval given user feedback
# on the progress of runnint it. It has nothing to do with
# actual issues on the font files:
