From 669b71ca16968b0a3780ad994bca335db7bcaa77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Lupo <cosimo@anthrotype.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:05:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow to read new format="4.0" as a float

---
 Lib/mutatorMath/ufo/document.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/mutatorMath/ufo/document.py b/Lib/mutatorMath/ufo/document.py
index 623e259e..b5ab6a71 100644
--- a/Lib/mutatorMath/ufo/document.py
+++ b/Lib/mutatorMath/ufo/document.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def __init__(self, documentPath,
         tree = ET.parse(self.path)
         self.root = tree.getroot()
         self.readVersion()
-        assert self.documentFormatVersion == 3
+        assert self.documentFormatVersion >= 3
 
         self.readAxes()
         self.readWarp()
@@ -447,7 +447,12 @@ def readVersion(self):
             <designspace format="3">
         """
         ds = self.root.findall("[@format]")[0]
-        self.documentFormatVersion = int(ds.attrib['format'])
+        raw_format = ds.attrib['format']
+        try:
+            self.documentFormatVersion = int(raw_format)
+        except ValueError:
+            # as of fontTools >= 3.27 'format' is formatted as a float "4.0"
+            self.documentFormatVersion = float(raw_format)
 
     def readWarp(self):
         """ Read the warp element