Passthrough lxml.etree.CDATA elements (closes fonttools#2745)

Unblocks MFEK/sfdLib.py#15.
ctrlcctrlv · Aug 16, 2022 · f069ef5 · f069ef5
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diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ufoLib/glifLib.py b/Lib/fontTools/ufoLib/glifLib.py
@@ -849,10 +849,11 @@ def _writeUnicodes(glyphObject, element, validate):
 
 def _writeNote(glyphObject, element, validate):
 	note = getattr(glyphObject, "note", None)
-	if validate and not isinstance(note, str):
-		raise GlifLibError("note attribute must be str")
-	note = note.strip()
-	note = "\n" + note + "\n"
+	if (note.__class__.__name__, note.__class__.__module__) != ("CDATA", "lxml.etree"):
+		if validate and not isinstance(note, str):
+			raise GlifLibError("note attribute must be str")
+		note = note.strip()
+		note = "\n" + note + "\n"
 	etree.SubElement(element, "note").text = note
 
 def _writeImage(glyphObject, element, validate):