⚠ WARN: Check if each glyph has the recommended amount of contours about fraunces HOT 2 CLOSED

@vv-monsalve As I understand this warn, it's suggesting that most typefaces will have the same number of contours to represent certain/most glyphs. I've attached a screenshot of the plusminus, which is made up of 3 contours, instead of the expected 2. Is it necessary to decompose this? I'm not sure I understand the function of this check.

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This check has only a WARN level given it is more intended to help the designer to identify if everything is working well among paths. Sometimes the number of paths is ok in the masters, but not the order of them, so it produces unexpected shapes after the interpolation and thus an unwanted or strange amount of contours in the resulting fonts.

In other cases, such this one, it is a matter of the font hasn't been outlined, so the components are identified as independent paths, then counted also independently, and thus reported.
For static TTF is suggested to remove overlapping components, while for Variable fonts is preferred to keep them. As the strength of Fraunces is its Variable nature, I would say overlaps could be kept. The suggestion would be to reduce the overlaps to the minimum needed to avoid some issues.

If you don't find any unwanted paths on the reported glyps, so the WARN can be dismissed. The important thing would be to verify every case to ensure the right performance of the font.

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