SOLVED [Request] Paste special (i.e. from other vector apps)



  • Can there be a special Paste function that pastes in the middle of the current glyph view regardless of the coordinates of the vector art from which it came in Illustrator? Maybe Shift+Cmd+V?

    I see benefits for the current paste behavior, like if you pay close attention to position and want RF to honor it. But I think that often if vector art is pasted from elsewhere, it's lost off the main work area, and then it becomes a game of hide-and-seek. Video

    Would be great to have the option to paste it within view.

    TIA,
    Ryan


  • admin

    Pastaline?



  • Great thanks you two!

    I've combined these things into one script that does pretty much what I was looking to do. Here it is:

    paste special.gif

    # menuTitle : Paste to Baseline (Pasteline?)
    # shortCut  : shift+command+v
    
    from lib.contrib.aicbTools import readAICBFromPasteboard, drawAICBOutlines
    
    g = CurrentGlyph()
    data = readAICBFromPasteboard()
    source = RGlyph()
    drawAICBOutlines(data, source.getPen())
    bounds = source.bounds
    
    if bounds:
        L = bounds[0]
        B = bounds[1]
        source.moveBy((-L, -B))
        g.appendGlyph(source)
    

  • admin

    RoboFont uses the old aicbTools from @tal.

    a small example of getting copied vector data and draw it in the current glyph scaled to the x-height

    from lib.contrib.aicbTools import readAICBFromPasteboard, drawAICBOutlines
    
    data = readAICBFromPasteboard()
    
    source = RGlyph()
    drawAICBOutlines(data, source.getPen())
    
    dest = CurrentGlyph()
    scaleToHeight = dest.font.info.xHeight
    
    bounds = source.bounds
    if bounds:
        minx, miny, maxx, maxy = bounds
        h = maxy - miny
        source.moveBy((-minx, -miny))
        scale = scaleToHeight / h
        source.scaleBy(scale)
        
        dest.clear()
        dest.appendGlyph(source)
    


  • hello @ryan,

    the pasted contours are selected, so you can get the selection bounds and move only the selected contours to the origin:

    from mojo.events import addObserver
    
    class MyCustomPaste:
    
        def __init__(self):
            addObserver(self, "pasteCallback", "paste")
    
        def pasteCallback(self, notification):
            g = notification['glyph']
            L = min([c.bounds[0] for c in g.selectedContours])
            B = min([c.bounds[1] for c in g.selectedContours])
            for c in g.selectedContours:
                c.moveBy((-L, -B))
    
    MyCustomPaste()
    

    cheers!



  • Great thanks @gferreira! Is there a way before that to get the bezier data from the pasteboard and append that to CurrentGlyph? Is it NSPasteboard?



  • hello @ryan,

    here’s a quick way to move the pasted glyph contours to the origin position:

    g = CurrentGlyph()
    L, B, R, T = g.bounds
    g.moveBy((-L, -B))
    

    hope this helps!


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