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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Generate the app's subsetted Noto Color Emoji font.
+
+The full upstream font is kept outside Flutter's asset directory so it is not
+packaged accidentally. The subset contains every code point referenced by the
+emoji picker, including the skin-tone modifiers that are applied at runtime.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import platform
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+PROJECT_ROOT = SCRIPT_DIR.parent
+
+DEFAULT_SOURCE_FONT = SCRIPT_DIR / "data" / "NotoColorEmoji.ttf"
+DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FONT = PROJECT_ROOT / "assets" / "fonts" / "NotoColorEmoji.ttf"
+DEFAULT_EMOJI_SET = (
+    PROJECT_ROOT
+    / "lib"
+    / "src"
+    / "visual"
+    / "components"
+    / "emoji_picker"
+    / "default_emoji_set.dart"
+)
+DEFAULT_SKIN_TONES = (
+    PROJECT_ROOT
+    / "lib"
+    / "src"
+    / "visual"
+    / "components"
+    / "emoji_picker"
+    / "skin_tones"
+    / "emoji_skin_tones.dart"
+)
+
+DART_STRING_CONTENT = r"((?:\\.|[^'\\])*)"
+EMOJI_PATTERN = re.compile(r"\bEmoji\s*\(\s*'" + DART_STRING_CONTENT + r"'")
+SKIN_TONE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r"\bstatic\s+const\s+String\s+\w+\s*=\s*'"
+    + DART_STRING_CONTENT
+    + r"'"
+)
+
+
+class GenerationError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when the subset font cannot be generated safely."""
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--source-font",
+        type=Path,
+        default=DEFAULT_SOURCE_FONT,
+        help=f"full input font (default: {DEFAULT_SOURCE_FONT})",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-font",
+        type=Path,
+        default=DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FONT,
+        help=f"generated Flutter asset (default: {DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FONT})",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--font-subset",
+        type=Path,
+        help="path to Flutter's font-subset executable",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def require_file(path: Path, description: str) -> Path:
+    path = path.expanduser().resolve()
+    if not path.is_file():
+        raise GenerationError(f"{description} not found: {path}")
+    return path
+
+
+def decode_dart_string(value: str) -> str:
+    """Decode the Dart escapes that can occur in an emoji string literal."""
+
+    value = re.sub(
+        r"\\u\{([0-9a-fA-F]+)\}",
+        lambda match: chr(int(match.group(1), 16)),
+        value,
+    )
+    value = re.sub(
+        r"\\u([0-9a-fA-F]{4})",
+        lambda match: chr(int(match.group(1), 16)),
+        value,
+    )
+    value = value.replace(r"\'", "'").replace(r"\\", "\\")
+    if "\\" in value:
+        raise GenerationError(f"unsupported escape in emoji literal: {value!r}")
+    return value
+
+
+def read_supported_emoji() -> tuple[list[str], set[int]]:
+    emoji_source = require_file(DEFAULT_EMOJI_SET, "emoji picker data").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    skin_tone_source = require_file(DEFAULT_SKIN_TONES, "skin-tone data").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+
+    emoji = [decode_dart_string(value) for value in EMOJI_PATTERN.findall(emoji_source)]
+    skin_tones = [
+        decode_dart_string(value)
+        for value in SKIN_TONE_PATTERN.findall(skin_tone_source)
+    ]
+
+    # A very low result means the Dart format changed and silently generating an
+    # almost-empty font would be worse than failing the build helper.
+    if len(emoji) < 100:
+        raise GenerationError(
+            f"found only {len(emoji)} emoji entries; the picker parser needs updating"
+        )
+    if len(skin_tones) != 5:
+        raise GenerationError(
+            f"expected 5 skin-tone modifiers, found {len(skin_tones)}"
+        )
+
+    codepoints = {ord(character) for value in emoji + skin_tones for character in value}
+    return emoji, codepoints
+
+
+def flutter_root() -> Path:
+    configured_root = os.environ.get("FLUTTER_ROOT")
+    if configured_root:
+        return Path(configured_root).expanduser().resolve()
+
+    flutter = shutil.which("flutter")
+    if flutter is None:
+        raise GenerationError(
+            "Flutter was not found on PATH; set FLUTTER_ROOT or pass --font-subset"
+        )
+    return Path(flutter).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+def find_font_subsetter(override: Path | None) -> Path:
+    if override is not None:
+        subsetter = require_file(override, "font-subset executable")
+        if not os.access(subsetter, os.X_OK):
+            raise GenerationError(f"font-subset is not executable: {subsetter}")
+        return subsetter
+
+    engine_artifacts = flutter_root() / "bin" / "cache" / "artifacts" / "engine"
+    executable_name = "font-subset.exe" if os.name == "nt" else "font-subset"
+    candidates = list(engine_artifacts.glob(f"*/{executable_name}"))
+    executable_candidates = [path for path in candidates if os.access(path, os.X_OK)]
+    if not executable_candidates:
+        raise GenerationError(
+            "Flutter's font-subset executable is missing. Run a Flutter command "
+            "to populate the engine cache, then try again."
+        )
+
+    host_prefix = {
+        "Darwin": "darwin-",
+        "Linux": "linux-",
+        "Windows": "windows-",
+    }.get(platform.system())
+    if host_prefix:
+        host_candidates = [
+            path
+            for path in executable_candidates
+            if path.parent.name.startswith(host_prefix)
+        ]
+        if host_candidates:
+            return sorted(host_candidates)[0]
+
+    if len(executable_candidates) == 1:
+        return executable_candidates[0]
+    raise GenerationError(
+        "could not select a host font-subset executable; pass --font-subset explicitly"
+    )
+
+
+def generate_font(
+    source_font: Path,
+    output_font: Path,
+    subsetter: Path,
+    codepoints: set[int],
+) -> None:
+    output_font = output_font.expanduser().resolve()
+    if source_font == output_font:
+        raise GenerationError("source and output font paths must be different")
+
+    output_font.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    subset_input = " ".join(
+        f"optional:{codepoint}" for codepoint in sorted(codepoints)
+    ) + "\n"
+
+    temporary_path: Path | None = None
+    try:
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+            prefix=f".{output_font.stem}.",
+            suffix=output_font.suffix,
+            dir=output_font.parent,
+            delete=False,
+        ) as temporary_file:
+            temporary_path = Path(temporary_file.name)
+
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [str(subsetter), str(temporary_path), str(source_font)],
+            input=subset_input,
+            text=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            check=False,
+        )
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            details = "\n".join(
+                part.strip() for part in (result.stdout, result.stderr) if part.strip()
+            )
+            raise GenerationError(
+                f"font-subset failed with exit code {result.returncode}:\n{details}"
+            )
+
+        if temporary_path.stat().st_size == 0:
+            raise GenerationError("font-subset produced an empty file")
+        if temporary_path.read_bytes()[:4] not in {b"\x00\x01\x00\x00", b"OTTO", b"ttcf"}:
+            raise GenerationError("font-subset output is not a recognized font")
+
+        temporary_path.chmod(source_font.stat().st_mode & 0o777)
+        temporary_path.replace(output_font)
+        temporary_path = None
+    finally:
+        if temporary_path is not None:
+            temporary_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+
+def format_size(byte_count: int) -> str:
+    return f"{byte_count / 1_000_000:.2f} MB"
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    try:
+        args = parse_args()
+        source_font = require_file(args.source_font, "full Noto Color Emoji font")
+        subsetter = find_font_subsetter(args.font_subset)
+        emoji, codepoints = read_supported_emoji()
+        generate_font(source_font, args.output_font, subsetter, codepoints)
+
+        output_font = args.output_font.expanduser().resolve()
+        source_size = source_font.stat().st_size
+        output_size = output_font.stat().st_size
+        saved = source_size - output_size
+        print(
+            f"Generated {output_font}\n"
+            f"  Picker entries: {len(emoji)}\n"
+            f"  Unique code points: {len(codepoints)}\n"
+            f"  Full font: {format_size(source_size)}\n"
+            f"  Subset font: {format_size(output_size)}\n"
+            f"  Saved: {format_size(saved)} ({saved / source_size:.1%})"
+        )
+        return 0
+    except GenerationError as error:
+        print(f"error: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())