compileGlyph and glyphConstruction

[martin]

I get a DeprecationWarning when I use an older script that uses font.compileGlyph(newGlyph, baseGlyph, accent, preflight=False)

/Applications/RoboFontBeta3.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python36.zip/lib/fontObjects/fontPartsWrappers.py:1870: DeprecationWarning: 'Font.compileGlyph(...)': use 'glyphConstruction'

When I use glyphConstruction instead, I get this error:

AttributeError: 'RFont' object has no attribute 'glyphConstruction'

Is there a pythonic way to use the suggested glyphConstruction, is there a glyphConstruction() function, something like
glyphConstruction(newGlyph, baseGlyph, accent)?

[martin]

@gferreira thank you, that's perfect. I also noticed you added a my favorite autoUnicodes() function :)

[gferreira]

hello @martin, thanks for reporting. this was an oversight.

I’ve updated the script, so now lines starting with ? are ignored, and existing glyphs are cleared before adding components. please give it another try: buildAccentedGlyphsRF3.py

[martin]

@gferreira I noticed that the example buildAccentedGlyphsRF3.py does not consider leading ? and adds a and grave as components over and over to agrave, each time I run the script. Is this intentional?

[martin]

@gferreira thank you, that is precisely what I was looking for!

[gferreira]

hello @martin,

font.compileGlyph is deprecated in FontParts. Glyph Construction is the new recommended method for building accented glyphs.

please have a look at Building accented glyphs with a script for an example script using the glyphConstruction builder. there’s also a script to convert your accents dict into glyph constructions.

ps. once you have your accented glyphs in glyph construction syntax, you can use the Glyph Builder interface in the Glyph Construction extension to preview the new glyphs before building them.