nested_components

Ensure glyphs do not have components which are themselves components.

nested_components

• Applies to: TTF
• Fontspector can hotfix?: yes
• Fontspector can fix sources?: no

Rationale

There have been bugs rendering variable fonts with nested components. Additionally, some static fonts with nested components have been reported to have rendering and printing issues.

For more info, see:

• https://github.com/fonttools/fontbakery/issues/2961
• https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive/issues/412

Proposal

• https://github.com/fonttools/fontbakery/issues/2961

Profiles

• universal (in section 'Universal Profile Checks')

• googlefonts (in section 'Universal Profile Checks')