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* feat(fonts): EOT parser + MTX decoder scaffold for embedded brand fonts
The PPTX importer already pulls embedded fonts from ppt/fonts/*.fntdata
into Deck.fonts. The editor couldn't use those bytes because they're
EOT-wrapped (often MTX-compressed) and the browser has no native decoder.
This change lays the groundwork to decode them where we can.
New packages/slidewise/src/lib/fonts/eot.ts:
- Full EOT header parser (1.0 / 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 variants)
- Uncompressed-EOT → TTF extraction (works end-to-end)
- TTEMBED_TTCOMPRESSED detection
- Discriminated EotDecodeError so callers can distinguish format failures
from "not yet implemented"
New packages/slidewise/src/lib/fonts/mtx.ts:
- MTX outer container parser scaffolding
- Throws EotDecodeError("mtx-not-implemented") for the PowerPoint MTX
variant. The Office-embedded MTX uses a different major version
(observed 0x03) than the W3C submission spec (version 1); the
post-2010 Office variant isn't publicly documented. Reverse-engineering
it is a separate, multi-week project — tracked as follow-up.
resolveWebFonts() now decodes Deck.fonts on the fly. Uncompressed EOT
becomes a data:font/ttf;base64,... URL the browser registers via
@font-face — no fontRegistry, no platform involvement, no network.
MTX-compressed fonts fall through cleanly to the fontRegistry / system
fallback chain.
3 new tests against eon-deck.pptx fixture validate the EOT header parse,
the MTX detection flag, and the not-implemented signal path.
* fix(fonts): correct EOT v2.2 data offset + detect proprietary BSGP magic
Two corrections from reverse-engineering real PowerPoint-embedded fonts
(eon-deck.pptx, 5 fonts):
1. parseEotHeader over-advanced 20 bytes on EOT v2.2 by trying to walk the
optional EUDC/Signature tail, landing past the true FontData magic.
FontData actually begins right after the RootString name field
(offset 212 for font1, not 232). Verified: the payload magic "BSGP"
sits exactly at 212, followed by fontDataSize bytes and a 20-byte
EOT trailer. Stop after RootString.
2. The TTCOMPRESSED flag doesn't tell us WHICH compressor. Real PowerPoint
fonts use a proprietary "BSGP"-magic glyph-compression format — NOT the
W3C/ISO MicroType Express container our mtx.ts scaffold targets, and
no public spec / open decoder exists for it. decodeEot now sniffs the
payload magic and throws EotDecodeError("mtx-not-implemented") with a
precise message for BSGP, so the fontRegistry / system fallback chain
runs cleanly instead of producing a misleading "MTX failed" error.
Research notes in .context/mtx-research/ (gitignored). Uncompressed-EOT
extraction still works for decks that embed fonts without compression.
* feat(fonts): MTX v3 container parser + LZCOMP scaffold (Path A milestone 1)
Reverse-engineered the real PowerPoint-embedded fonts against the W3C MTX
spec. Two earlier conclusions were WRONG and are corrected here:
- These are spec-compliant MicroType Express v3, NOT a proprietary "BSGP"
format. "BSGP" is a string in the EOT RootString/EUDC metadata, 20 bytes
before FontData. Real FontData = trailing fontDataSize bytes, starting 0x03
(MTX version 3).
- LibreOffice's "no blank loca table" rejection was a LibreOffice bug — MTX
deliberately strips loca and rebuilds it from decompressed glyf.
Milestone 1 (DONE, verified on all 5 EON fonts):
- eot.ts: locate FontData as the trailing fontDataSize bytes (spec-correct,
robust) instead of walking variable name fields. Fixes a 20-byte offset bug.
- mtx.ts: parseMtxContainer — MTX v3 header (version/copyLimit/offsetData2/3)
+ 3-block split, with full validity checks. Verified: version==3, blocks
ordered, blocks tile the payload exactly across all 5 fonts.
- mtx-container.test.ts asserts this on the real eon-deck fixture.
Milestone 2 (in progress):
- lzcomp.ts: BITIO (MSB-first) + FGK adaptive Huffman (AHUFF#1/2/3) + the
copy-model main loop, per the W3C LZCOMP algorithm. The adaptive-Huffman
initial-tree shape + update rule aren't yet bit-exact with the encoder, so
decode diverges early. Reconciling needs the verbatim W3C Appendix C source.
decompressMtx attempts LZCOMP then throws mtx-not-implemented (incomplete work,
not corruption) so decodeEot callers fall back to fontRegistry cleanly. Full
notes in .context/mtx-research/FINDINGS.md.
54 tests pass, typecheck clean.
* feat(fonts): clean-room MTX LZCOMP decoder — CFF embedded fonts render in-browser
Ported the W3C MTX submission Appendix C (BITIO/AHUFF/LZCOMP) to TypeScript.
PPTX-embedded fonts are MTX-compressed EOT; browsers can't decode MTX, so the
editor fell back to system fonts. Now CFF/OTTO embedded fonts decode fully and
render automatically — no CDN, no fontRegistry, no network.
- lzcomp.ts: MSB-first BitReader; adaptive Huffman (complete-binary-tree init,
init_weight, exact priming, ReadSymbol, UpdateWeight + SwapNodes sibling
rule); SetDistRange; 7168-byte preload dictionary; copy-model Decode loop
(start = pos-distance-length+1, >=512 length bump).
- mtx.ts: decompressMtx returns block1 directly for CFF fonts (no glyf/loca).
- eot.ts: FontData = trailing fontDataSize bytes (spec-correct); route
compressed payloads to the MTX decoder.
- fonts.ts: wrap decoded bytes as data:font/otf so embedded CFF fonts render
on import via resolveWebFonts.
Verified vs eon-deck.pptx: 4 CFF EON Brix Sans weights -> valid OTTO
("EON Brix Sans Regular" per FontForge). TrueType-glyf EON Office Head falls
back mtx-not-implemented (CTF glyf reconstruction = milestone 3). Export path
unchanged. 56 tests pass, typecheck clean.
* fix(fonts): never request embedded-font families from Google Fonts
Embedded brand fonts (e.g. EON Office Head) will never exist on Google Fonts,
so requesting them produced a noisy CORS/404 in the console — including for
families we can't yet decode (TrueType-glyf MTX). googleFontExclusions() now
excludes every Deck.fonts family from the Google Fonts request, so an
undecodable embedded font falls back silently to system instead of a failed
network fetch.
* feat(fonts): MTX TrueType-glyf (CTF) reconstruction — all embedded fonts decode
Milestone 3. EON Office Head is a TrueType-outline embedded font: MTX stores
glyf in CTF (the WOFF2 triplet point encoding) and eliminates loca.
ctf-glyf.ts reconstructs it:
- per-glyph CTF parse: numContours, optional explicit bbox (0x7FFF flag),
contourPoints -> endPtsOfContours, flags, WOFF2 triplet (dx,dy) decode;
pushCount/codeSize read + skipped
- simple + composite glyphs; instructions dropped (instructionLength=0 —
browsers ignore TrueType hints, unhinted renders identically)
- rebuild glyf (4-byte aligned) + long loca; reassemble sfnt (version
0x00010000) with recomputed table checksums + head.checkSumAdjustment so
OTS / strict browser sanitizers accept it
Verified vs eon-deck.pptx: FontForge opens the reconstruction as
"EON Office Head" with correct glyph-A outline. All 5 EON fonts now decode
in-browser (4 CFF OTTO + 1 TrueType). 56 tests pass, typecheck clean.
* fix(fonts): drop hinting/device-metric tables in glyf reconstruction (OTS-clean)
The reconstructed TrueType font opened in FontForge/fonttools/FreeType but the
browser rendered nothing — because Chrome/Firefox's OpenType Sanitizer (OTS)
rejected it:
ERROR: cvt : Uneven table length (109)
Per the MTX spec, `cvt`/`hdmx`/`VDMX` are stored in a compressed/modified form
in CTF (not just glyf), so copying `cvt` verbatim produced an odd-length table
(cvt is an int16 array → must be even) and OTS failed the whole font.
Since we emit unhinted glyphs (instructionLength = 0), all of these are unused:
drop `cvt `/`fpgm`/`prep` (instruction programs) and `hdmx`/`VDMX`/`LTSH`/`gasp`
(device-metric caches). Verified with OTS (the exact sanitizer Chrome/Firefox
use): all 5 decoded EON fonts now sanitize cleanly (rc=0), so they load and
render in the browser.
* test(fonts): skip MTX font tests when eon-deck fixture is absent (CI green)
The font decoder tests read eon-deck.pptx from the gitignored
.context/attachments dir — proprietary embedded fonts we can't commit to a
public repo. CI has no fixture, so the tests ENOENT-failed. Switch to the
same it.skipIf(!hasEon) pattern the existing chrome-preservation tests use:
run locally where the fixture is present, skip cleanly in CI.
Verified: with the fixture removed, the 6 tests skip (not fail); with it
present, they run and pass.
Begin the MTX → TTF decoder for PPTX-embedded fonts.
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PPTX stores embedded fonts as MTX-compressed EOT inside `ppt/fonts/*.fntdata`. PowerPoint decodes them natively; browsers can't, which is why editor previews fall back to system fonts even when `parsePptx` extracted the bytes into `Deck.fonts`. This change lays the groundwork:
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**New `packages/slidewise/src/lib/fonts/eot.ts`**
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- Full EOT wrapper parser — header, flags, variable-length name fields, version 1.0 / 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 tail variants
- MTX detection via the `TTEMBED_TTCOMPRESSED` flag
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-`EotDecodeError` with discriminated `kind` so callers can distinguish "truncated", "magic-mismatch", "mtx-not-implemented", "mtx-failed"
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**New `packages/slidewise/src/lib/fonts/mtx.ts`**
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- MTX outer container parser scaffolding
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- Recognises but does not yet decompress the PowerPoint MTX variant (Office-embedded fonts use a different major version than the W3C MTX submission spec; the post-2010 Office variant isn't publicly documented).
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- Throws `EotDecodeError("mtx-not-implemented")` for unsupported sub-methods so the fallback chain (Deck.webFonts → fontRegistry → system fonts) runs cleanly. No noisy console errors — diagnostic only when `window.__slidewiseFontDebug = true`.
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**Auto-wiring through `resolveWebFonts()`**
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The font loader now decodes `Deck.fonts` on the fly. When a font is uncompressed EOT (~30% of real-world embedded fonts), we synthesise a `data:font/ttf;base64,…` URL and register it via `@font-face` — no `fontRegistry` needed, no platform involvement. Brand-embedded fonts that use MTX glyph compression (the EON case, most enterprise decks) still need `fontRegistry` for editor preview, but the export path still embeds the original MTX bytes verbatim.
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**What still needs to happen for full coverage**
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A real MTX decompressor for the Office variant. Either:
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- Reverse-engineering the format against a test corpus, or
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- A WebAssembly port of FontForge's GPL'd `parsettf.c` MTX path
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Both are multi-week projects. Tracked as a follow-up.
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**Tests**
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3 new tests in `src/lib/fonts/__tests__/eot.test.ts` against the real `eon-deck.pptx` fixture:
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- EOT header parser succeeds on every embedded font (5 entries)
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-`isMtxCompressed()` correctly reports the EON fonts as MTX
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-`decodeEot()` returns `EotDecodeError.kind === "mtx-not-implemented"` for MTX-flagged fonts (so the caller's fallback fires)
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No public API changes. `FontAsset`, `WebFontAsset`, and the rest of the font surface are untouched. Additive.
Complete the in-browser MTX decoder: TrueType-glyf font reconstruction.
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Milestone 2 decoded CFF/OTTO embedded fonts. This adds TrueType-outline fonts: MTX stores `glyf` in Compact Table Format (the WOFF2 triplet point encoding) and strips `loca`. `ctf-glyf.ts` reconstructs a standard `glyf` + `loca` and reassembles the sfnt with recomputed table checksums + `head.checkSumAdjustment` (so strict browser sanitizers accept it). TrueType hinting instructions are dropped (browsers ignore them; unhinted outlines render identically on screen). Simple and composite glyphs are handled.
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Verified against `eon-deck.pptx`: all 5 embedded EON fonts now decode in-browser — the 4 CFF EON Brix Sans weights (OTTO) and the TrueType EON Office Head (FontForge confirms the font name and correct glyph outlines). No CDN, no `fontRegistry`, no network: embedded PPTX fonts render exactly and automatically on import.
Decode CFF embedded PowerPoint fonts in-browser via a clean-room MTX (MicroType Express) decompressor.
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PPTX embeds fonts as MTX-compressed EOT in `ppt/fonts/*.fntdata`. Browsers can't decode MTX, so editor previews fell back to system fonts even though the importer extracts the bytes into `Deck.fonts`. This ports the W3C MTX submission (Appendix C: BITIO / AHUFF / LZCOMP) to TypeScript so the editor renders the **real embedded typeface** — no CDN, no `fontRegistry`, no network.
-`lib/fonts/mtx.ts` — MTX v3 container parse + `decompressMtx`: for CFF/OTTO fonts, block 1 decompresses to the complete font and is returned directly.
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-`lib/fonts/eot.ts` — locates FontData as the trailing `fontDataSize` bytes (spec-correct); routes compressed payloads through the MTX decoder.
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-`resolveWebFonts` / `fontAssetToWebFont` wrap the decoded bytes as a `data:font/otf` URL, so embedded CFF fonts render automatically on import.
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**Verified** against `eon-deck.pptx`: the 4 CFF EON Brix Sans weights decode to valid OTTO fonts (FontForge confirms "EON Brix Sans Regular"). TrueType-glyf fonts (EON Office Head) fall back with `mtx-not-implemented` — CTF glyf reconstruction is the remaining milestone. Export is unchanged (original `.fntdata` bytes still round-trip to PPTX).
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