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diff --git a/misc/fontbuildlib/util.py b/misc/fontbuildlib/util.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import errno
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
+from os.path import dirname, abspath, join as pjoin
+
+PYVER = sys.version_info[0]
+BASEDIR = abspath(pjoin(dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir))
+
+_enc_kwargs = {}
+if PYVER >= 3:
+  _enc_kwargs = {'encoding': 'utf-8'}
+
+
+def readTextFile(filename):
+  with open(filename, 'r', **_enc_kwargs) as f:
+    return f.read()
+
+
+def mkdirs(path):
+  try:
+    os.makedirs(path)
+  except OSError as e:
+    if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+      raise  # raises the error again
+
+
+def loadTTFont(file):
+  return TTFont(file, recalcBBoxes=False, recalcTimestamp=False)