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diff --git a/lib/extensions/lettering_remove_kerning.py b/lib/extensions/lettering_remove_kerning.py
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+import os
+
+from inkex import NSS
+from lxml import etree
+
+from .base import InkstitchExtension
+
+
+class LetteringRemoveKerning(InkstitchExtension):
+    '''
+    This extension helps font creators to generate the json file for the lettering tool
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        InkstitchExtension.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.arg_parser.add_argument("-p", "--font-files", type=str, default="", dest="paths")
+
+    def effect(self):
+        # file paths
+        paths = self.options.paths.split("|")
+        for path in paths:
+            if not os.path.isfile(path):
+                continue
+            with open(path, 'r+', encoding="utf-8") as fontfile:
+                svg = etree.parse(fontfile)
+                xpath = ".//svg:font[1]"
+                kerning = svg.xpath(xpath, namespaces=NSS)[0]
+                kerning.getparent().remove(kerning)
+                fontfile.seek(0)
+                fontfile.write(etree.tostring(svg).decode('utf-8'))
+                fontfile.truncate()