Ran into this recently and wanted to add that I required a '.notdef' glyph, additionally, in order to export correctly as a ttf.

I get these crashes as well, in both rf3 and the rf4 beta. Here is what is spit out in the log: 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenskutilek/AnchorOverlayTool/master/Anchor%20Overlay%20Tool.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typemytype/arrangeWindowsRoboFontExtension/master/Arrange%20Windows.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenskutilek/Curve-Equalizer/master/RoboFont/Curve%20EQ.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luke-snider/GlyphWalker/master/GlyphWalker.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typemytype/goldnerRoboFontExtension/master/Goldener.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/groupSpacing/master/groupSpacing.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FontBureau/fbOpenTools/master/ItalicBowtie/ItalicBowtie.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sansplomb/ItalicGuide/master/ItalicGuide.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomgb/PDFButtonSpace/master/PDFButtonSpace.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frankrolf/PangrammerHelper/master/PangrammerHelper.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roboDocs/PenBallWizard/master/PenBallWizard.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbugden/Sidebear/master/Sidebear.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/franzheidl/SidebearingsEQ/master/SidebearingsEQ.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/compare-otfs/master/CompareOTFs.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'CompareOTFs' 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> Invalid file 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/compare-otfs/master/CompareOTFs.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'CompareOTFs' 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> Invalid file 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typedev/RoboFont/master/Version%20Control/VersionControl.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'Version Control' 22/02/2021 12:12:28 > ERROR > Mechanic >> maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object ```

ah I see fixed in the next version of RF!!

@frederik no, I was able to resolve that by following your kerning instructions. This is just a general issue when testing on some PPT files where if you choose the centre align tool, the font stays left aligned.

ROBOFONT FOUR has been my top priority since the public beta of Big Sur. Changes of the OS required a complete rewrite of the drawing engine underlying RoboFont. This has been a ton of work, but we have taken it as an opportunity to dramatically improve not only performance, but also drawing related features, to many unique and exciting curve drawing related possibilities. We believe we will set a new standard for the future of type design with some of these features. Currently the beta testers are helping us to figure out what we need to improve in this big transition, and we are working hard on this. Public beta's will be announced soon! The initial release of RoboFont 4.0 will focus on drawing and the glyph editor. Next version will focus on the Font Overview and space center. This is a massive amount of work, much of which we haven’t asked, planned or budgeted for. For many of you, we’re afraid the upgrade to RF4 will not be free, but we’re doing our best to ease the blow through progressive upgrade pricing. If you bought RoboFont 3 between July 2020 and the day RoboFont 4 is released, it will cost €0 to upgrade. If you have a RoboFont 3 license you will get 50% discount. Off course you can always opt in to pay full price :) We are sure you have many questions — both right now, and once the public beta is out. We are currently working on improving our communications with you, and are looking into new ways to stay in touch with all our users. To reiterate, we feel your frustration with RoboFont's performance under Big Sir, and we’re working really hard to solve that in RoboFont 4. Our internal betas are blazingly fast. Enjoy and see you soon! Yours sincerely Frederik

I’ve adjusted this to go through the currently-selection glyphs only, and to clear the non-foreground layer before copying to it. from mojo.UI import AskString f = CurrentFont() newLayer = AskString('Layer to copy all existing glyphs to, e.g. "overlap"') for glyphName in f.selection: glyph = f[glyphName] glyph.getLayer(newLayer).clear() # if you wish to clear the non-foreground layer glyph.layers[0].copyLayerToLayer("foreground", newLayer) glyph.getLayer(newLayer).leftMargin = glyph.layers[0].leftMargin glyph.getLayer(newLayer).rightMargin = glyph.layers[0].rightMargin

I would hide the other points while a surgeon point is placed. Unhide when the operation is cancelled or when a surgeon point gets promoted to a real point.

noted down for future RF version to auto deselect on removeContour :) thanks!

Ah! Ok I rewrote Gustavo’s script to rebuild the menu each time it's run. So I can just rerun the script when I want it to update. # menuTitle: _ Add / Update Custom Scripts Menu from AppKit import NSApp, NSMenu, NSMenuItem from lib.UI.fileBrowser import RFPathItem def addMenu(name, path): '''Creates a new menu item in RoboFont’s main application menu.''' # create a new menu menu = NSMenu.alloc().initWithTitle_(name) # create a path item that will build the menu and connect all the callbacks pathItem = RFPathItem(path, ['.py'], isRoot=True) pathItem.getMenu(title=name, parentMenu=menu) # get the main menu menubar = NSApp().mainMenu() # search if the menu item already exists newItem = menubar.itemWithTitle_(name) if newItem: menubar.removeItem_(newItem) newItem = NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_(name, '', '') menubar.insertItem_atIndex_(newItem, menubar.numberOfItems()-3) # set the menu as submenu newItem.setSubmenu_(menu) addMenu('menu name', '/path/to/folder/') Key lines: if newItem: menubar.removeItem_(newItem)

super!!! thanks @robstenson @Manufraktur

Version 3.5b (build 2007102200) Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7

After some work I realized that I need to keep everything as it is, only change from cubic to quadratic or the other way round. I went for cubic -> quadratic. The conversion doesn't has to be perfect. All tools add extra points. I found out that the simplest conversion from cubic to quadratic is to offset offcurve points to 75% of their lengths. I am using brutal way of changing it with xml parser. I see that when I cmd + c a cubic contour to quadratic or the other way around font I get the desired result, which I am not able to access via code though.

Hi please read the beta announcement: https://forum.robofont.com/topic/910/robofont-3-5-beta-i you can download beta versions here: https://robofont.com/beta/downloads/#beta-releases good luck!

@HB888 is there a chance you have a “space” typed at the end of each of the 2nd and 3rd lines?

@gferreira I was able to get it to work once I downloaded additional module files. thanks!

@frederik AHA! thank you so much, I like this new functionality much better. Great improvement.

what font1.defaultLayer[glyph.name] = glyph does: check if the glyph already exists: if it exist it will be removed from that layer: so that the reason why the glyph is at the end of the glyph order in the font overview. (as that glyph is also removed from the glyph order) create a new glyph draw the given glyph in the newly created glyph I cannot reproduce the error, based on your instructions. I will flag this to investigate.

Thank you @gferreira! I was calling showInterface as a property of the font itself which obviously didn't get me very far!

@gferreira Thank you for the response. Looking forward to the faster version.

see Franks comments here https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/1205