Dear Users, We are excited to announce the release of RoboFont 4.4! This version is packed with numerous new features, substantial improvements, and a multitude of bug fixes. Here’s a selection of the most important updates: Python Upgrade: RoboFont has transitioned from Python 3.7 to Python 3.9. Please be aware that some extensions may require updates to be compatible with this version. You might wonder why we chose Python 3.9 when Python 3.11 is available. The reason is that Python 3.9 is the last version that allows for the convenient bundling of embedded packages, ensuring compatibility with both Intel and Apple Silicon machines. Once updated to 3.11, our focus will shift exclusively to Apple Silicon. For more information, consult the RoadMap section of the Technical Specifications page. Design Space Document v5 Support: RoboFont now provides full support for all the new features of the design space document version 5. Erik van Blokland and Frederik Berlaen rewrote Batch and DesignSpaceEditor completely to take full advantage of these enhancements. Developers can also utilize the new UFOOperator object from the ufoProcessor package to manage their design space documents through Python. Many thanks to Erik van Blokland for his contribution! Glyph Editor Improvements: The glyph editor has undergone substantial improvements since the last public release. Numerous enhancements have been made in areas such as outline management, guidelines, and image handling, resulting in a smoother and more consistent drawing experience. Under-the-Hood Enhancements: Many changes have occurred under the hood of the application, some of which impact the public APIs utilized by developers. Notably, the subscriber module has received new add-ons, the list of embedded packages has been revised, and two new mojo submodules, pipTools, and ezuiViews, have been introduced. Update internal GNFUL list. (and before you ask, yes we tested it on macOS Sonoma) Check the release notes: https://robofont.com/version-history/ Download available from robofont.com

Moved to Discord. Solved.

Hey @ArrowType! The 4.4 beta has a brand new shell scripting interface. Did you try it?

Moved to discord. Closing here.

New join link: https://discord.gg/KjvGV25bcB

Conversation moved to RF discord. Marked as solved.

Conversation moved to RF discord. Marked as solved.

Marked as solved for now. In case let us know!

Marking it as solved for now, in case let me know!

Hi, check your features! good to search for [FATAL] in the output: makeotfexe [FATAL] <Firstfont-style1> expecting EOF (text was "ann") [features 1] also welcome on the discord channel for faster an more community support: https://discord.gg/n2v3zJDA

solved on the RoboFont discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/1052516637489766411/1055056130222604309/1098947179189633034

Thank you so much!! Enabling stroke did it :)

The mouse is just moving the off curves points of that segment, the curve itself is just a representation of those points

Dear RoboFont Users, we have great news for you! We are planning three online RoboHackathon events before the summer. The first appointment will be on the 8th of March when Tal Leming will present ezui: a fresh new python wrapper around vanilla. ezui makes creating user interfaces SO-MUCH-EAZIER! We’ll meet over Zoom from 20:00 to 22:00 CET. We’ll start with a short presentation by Tal followed by Q&A and some lab/demos. See you there!!

@frederik Thank you! I will take a look.

Thanks Arnaud! To add to this, I had some difficulty finding where in MM to actually do this, so... I found the option under "Batch Export" in the MM menu. I simply exported it into the font (features), and now makeOTF works to generate fonts directly!

hey james! any traceback appearing in the output window?

👋 is the issue solved? did you check if you have any glyph with a negative width?

Dear users, RoboFont 4.3 is mature enough to be shared with you all! As usual, lots of bug fixes, user interface improvements, and a few adjustments on the APIs. Here's the list with the most important updates: FontTools has moved to DesignSpaceDocument v5. Tools like Batch and Skateboard work with the new format, but they do not support discrete axes. Add support for ctrl ⌃ + alt ⌥ + delete to completely remove a glyph from a UFO (including layers, kerning and groups). Keep unsaved glyphs into account while testing external changes. It avoids loosing data not saved on disk when reverting. Add support for dark mode and new toolbars on macOS 11 and 12. Point coordinates are typeset in italic if "Slant Point Coordinates" is on in the Preferences Adding a guideline with shift + g + click with an italic angle will apply the angle to the new guideline Display dragging lines with the italic angle if "Slant Point Coordinates" is on in the Preferences. Add anchor popover accept slanted coordinates, again, if "Slant Point Coordinates" is on in the Preferences. Massive reorganization of the subscriber docs. It's now easier to share single methods with HTML anchors. General improvement on the mojo.UI docs page: deeper hierarchy, categories, overall review of docstrings Reload operation in scripting window are now undoable. Add Reset Beam to space center settings menu as alternate of "Beam" (alt ⌥). Add Omit Mac Names in RoboFont tab in the font info sheet. Update internal GNFUL list. Remove local FDK support. Be aware that the minimum macOS version has been raised to 10.12. Check the release notes: https://robofont.com/version-history/ 
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@frederik OK. Thank you.