From da7e59261711cb850f9fe12265a2f613402394f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cozens <simon@simon-cozens.org>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 10:23:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Partially revert a6d9b067

---
 Lib/gftools/builder/__init__.py | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/gftools/builder/__init__.py b/Lib/gftools/builder/__init__.py
index 32e8aea0f..58adebad3 100644
--- a/Lib/gftools/builder/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/builder/__init__.py
@@ -291,13 +291,10 @@ def build_variable(self):
             args["output_path"] = os.path.join(
                 self.config["vfDir"], sourcebase + "-VF.ttf",
             )
-            try:
-                output_files = self.run_fontmake(source, args)
-                newname = self.rename_variable(output_files[0])
-                ttFont = TTFont(newname)
-                ttFonts.append(ttFont)
-            except Exception as e:
-                self.logger.error("Could not build variable font: %s" % e)
+            output_files = self.run_fontmake(source, args)
+            newname = self.rename_variable(output_files[0])
+            ttFont = TTFont(newname)
+            ttFonts.append(ttFont)
 
         if not ttFonts:
             return