Deprecate 'kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences' (Universal Profile)

"Is there kerning info for non-ligated sequences?" (issue fonttools#2954 / simoncozens/fontspector@eaa5244)
felipesanches · Dec 6, 2024 · f615b40 · f615b40
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Below are the noteworthy changes from each release.
 A more detailed list of changes is available in the corresponding milestones for each release in the Github issue tracker (https://github.com/googlefonts/fontbakery/milestones?state=closed).
 
 ##  Upcoming release: 0.13.0 (2024-Dec-??)
-  - ...
+### Deprecated checks
+#### On the Universal Profile
+  - **[kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences]**: "Is there kerning info for non-ligated sequences?" (issue #2954 / https://github.com/simoncozens/fontspector/commit/eaa52447ddc4a42e26b6430841a43026870d8a48)
 
 
 ##  0.13.0a6 (2024-Dec-03)

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/checks/kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences.py b/Lib/fontbakery/checks/kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences.py
diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/adobefonts.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/adobefonts.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
         "hinting_impact",
         "integer_ppem_if_hinted",
         "interpolation_issues",
-        "kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences",
         "legacy_accents",
         "ligature_carets",
         "mandatory_avar_table",

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/fontbureau.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/fontbureau.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         "hinting_impact",
         "inconsistencies_between_fvar_STAT",
         "integer_ppem_if_hinted",
-        "kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences",
         "ligature_carets",
         "mandatory_avar_table",
         "missing_small_caps_glyphs",

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/microsoft.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/microsoft.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
         "hinting_impact",
         "inconsistencies_between_fvar_STAT",
         "integer_ppem_if_hinted",
-        "kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences",
         "ligature_carets",
         "mandatory_avar_table",
         "missing_small_caps_glyphs",

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/typenetwork.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/typenetwork.py
@@ -110,13 +110,6 @@
                 "reason": "This is a feature, not really needed to the font perform well.",
             },
         ],
-        "kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences": [
-            {
-                "code": "lacks-kern-info",
-                "status": "INFO",
-                "reason": "This is a feature, not really needed to the font perform well.",
-            },
-        ],
         "googlefonts/varfont/bold_wght_coord": [
             {
                 "code": "no-bold-instance",

diff --git a/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/universal.py b/Lib/fontbakery/profiles/universal.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
             "legacy_accents",
             "ligature_carets",
             "linegaps",
-            "kerning_for_non_ligated_sequences",
             "mandatory_avar_table",
             "mandatory_glyphs",
             "math_signs_width",

diff --git a/tests/test_checks_kerning.py b/tests/test_checks_kerning.py