Mass-import ligatures/svgs

flo

Hi, i am new to RoboFont, not sure if this is possible.

I have a list of ligature definitions (e.g. a_b.liga), and i want to use a script to import the list and then insert a glyph for each ligature (from svg files, e.g. a_b.svg).

Can i do that with RoboFont? Is there a similar project/tutorial that can point me in the right direction?

Thanks a lot!
Flo

kylelynah

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

gferreira

hello @kylelynah,

the script uses simple_svg_parser, you need to download it separately. save simple_svg_parser.py next to your script, or add the module with code:

import sys
libFolder = '/someFolder/importSVG/simple_svg_parser'
if not libFolder in sys.path:
    sys.path.insert(0, libFolder)

# ...

good luck!

kylelynah

Hey @gferreira! Could you help me understand how I could get this script to work in RF 3.4? I can't seem to figure out how to be sure all the right python modules are installed. When I attempted the script it gave me:

AttributeError: module 'simple_svg_parser' has no attribute 'parse'

gferreira

hello @flo, happy to hear that the import script worked.

you can add features to a font using the Features Editor or with a script:

feaCode = '''\
# language statements etc.
feature liga {
    sub a b by a_b.liga;
    sub ...
    } liga;
'''
f = CurrentFont()
f.features.text = feaCode

good luck!

flo

That worked great, thanks a lot!

Now, simply importing the glyph names as a_b.liga does not result in substitution, as i understand i need to add them to the features like this:

feature liga {
    sub a b by a_b.liga;
    sub ...
    } liga;

How do i do that with a script?

flo

That looks great, will try it and let you know!
Thanks a lot!

gferreira

hello @flo,

I’ve had to do something similar in the past, it can be solved with a bit of scripting.

see svg2robofont.py and the included example.

let me know if you need some help to get it to work… cheers!

edit: here’s an example script which imports all SVGs in a folder into glyphs:

import glob, os
from svg2robofont import SVGPen

svgs = glob.glob('tests2/*.svg')

f = NewFont()

for svg in svgs:
    name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(svg))[0]
    g = f.newGlyph(name)
    svgPen = SVGPen(svg, g.getPen())
    g.width = svgPen.handler.width

SOLVED Mass-import ligatures/svgs