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ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> skribis:

> we have 20 - 25 fonts (I didn't really count), and only 2 are using a
>
> system* make args
>
> in their build phase, every other font just extracts, creates folders
> and copies the fonts to the folders.
> This is much repetition which could be avoided by just calling a build
> system, rather than applying changes to fonts over and over again.
>
> It looks like this can be achieved by something as small as the emacs
> build-system. Would anyone give it a try?

That=E2=80=99s a good idea.  It might be that there are subtle differences =
among
the font packages, though.

Ludo=E2=80=99.