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Certain fonts contain weights and widths excluded by the Validator

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data-visualization

Research direction

Start by locating the font validation entry point and any existing validation tests, then reproduce the issue with the bahnschrift font. Check how weights such as Light, Semi-Light, and Semi-Bold and widths such as Condensed and Semi-Condensed are handled. Done means valid fonts using these weights and widths no longer fail validation.

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Description

bug P3

Using the example font bahnschrift.

This has weights such as Light, Semi-Light and Semi-Bold.
It also has styles such as Condensed and Semi-Condensed.

This will error on the font validation if they are attempted to be used.

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