How to copy anchors from one font to another

[horashann]

Hi!
Is it possible to copy all anchors with there (x, y) positions from one font to another?
Thanks,
Anna

[gferreira]

hello @horashann,

yes, this can be done with a simple script:

# get source and destination fonts
srcFont = AllFonts().getFontsByFamilyName('MyFontFamily').getFontsByStyleName('Regular')[0]
dstFont = AllFonts().getFontsByFamilyName('MyFontFamily').getFontsByStyleName('Italic')[0]

# iterate over selected glyphs in the source font
for glyphName in srcFont.selectedGlyphNames:

    # get the source glyph
    srcGlyph = srcFont[glyphName]

    # if the glyph doesn't have any anchors, skip it
    if not len(srcGlyph.anchors):
        continue

    # get the destination glyph
    dstGlyph = dstFont[glyphName]

    # iterate over all anchors in the source glyph
    for anchor in srcGlyph.anchors:

        # copy anchor to destination glyph
        dstGlyph.appendAnchor(anchor.name, (anchor.x, anchor.y))

# done!

make sure to replace MyFontFamily and Regular / Italic with the family name and style names of your fonts.

cheers!