ufonormalizer and psfnormalize produce different results

[probonopd]

ufonormalizer and psfnormalize produce different results.

This kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

To reproduce:

In a local test git repository, normalize a font with psfnormalize, then git commit, then normalize the already normalized font with ufonormalizer. You would expect no changes a git diff will show plenty of changes.

Including trivial ones such as (psfnormalize)

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

vs. (ufonormalizer)

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

I think both tools should either produce 100% the same "normalization", or else it is not a "normalization". Maybe having 2 such tools just complicates matters and one should be retired?

Reference:
unified-font-object/ufoNormalizer#70

[jvgaultney]

Response:

unified-font-object/ufoNormalizer#70