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

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!

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