<![CDATA[Margins from Beam]]>Is it possible to get margin/sidebearing values from the beam with RoboFab or Python?

Thanks

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/topic/129/margins-from-beamRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 05:19:00 GMTTue, 29 May 2012 15:21:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Margins from Beam on Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:36:05 GMT]]>Is it possible to get margin/sidebearing values from the beam with RoboFab or Python?

Thanks

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/129https://forum.robofont.com/post/129Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:36:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Margins from Beam on Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:35:50 GMT]]>That will be possible in the next update.

The syntax will be glyph.getRayRightMargin(position)
(where position is the y value where the glyph is been lasered)

Also added glyph.angledLeftMargin and glyph.angledRightMargin

(the update is scheduled soon)

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/710https://forum.robofont.com/post/710Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:35:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Margins from Beam on Tue, 29 May 2012 16:54:24 GMT]]>Great, that will be very helpful! Thanks!

]]>https://forum.robofont.com/post/712https://forum.robofont.com/post/712Tue, 29 May 2012 16:54:24 GMT