Change Component Indexes

[connor]

Hi there!

Is there a way to change a glyph's component indexes via a script? I feel like I might be totally overthinking this problem.

Best,
Connor

[connor]

Wow, thank you * 10000 for the help, Frederik! I really appreciate it.

[frederik]

he Connor

there are several ways to achieve a different sorting for components: this is an easy one. You can also make a pen to sort the components.

good luck

# get current glyph
g = CurrentGlyph()
# get all components
components = g.components
# clear them all
g.clearComponents()
# convert the tuple to a list
components = list(components)
# create a sorter
def myComponentSorter(component):
    return component.baseGlyph
# sort with our custom sort function
components.sort(key=myComponentSorter)
# start a loop over our sorted components
for component in components:
    # add all compenets
    g.appendComponent(component.baseGlyph, component.offset, component.scale)