glyphtools

Routines for extracting information from font glyphs

glyphtools.bin_glyphs_by_metric(font, glyphs, category, bincount=5)

Organise glyphs according to a given metric.

Organises similar glyphs into a number of bins. The bins are not guaranteed to contain the same number of glyphs; the one-dimensional ckmeans clustering algorithm is used to cluster glyphs based on metric similarity. For example, if there are five glyphs of width 100, 102, 105, 210, and 220 units respectively, and you ask for two bins, the first bin will contain three glyphs and the second will contain two. This is usually what you want.

Parameters:	font – a fontTools TTFont object OR a glyphsLib GSFontMaster object OR a babelfont Font object. glyphs – a collection of glyph names category – the metric (see metric keys in get_glyph_metrics().) bincount – number of bins to return
Returns:	A list of bincount two-element tuples. The first element is a list of glyphnames in this bin; the second is the average metric value of the glyphs in this bin.

glyphtools.categorize_glyph(font, glyphname)

Returns the category of the given glyph.

Parameters:	font – a fontTools TTFont object OR a glyphsLib GSFontMaster object OR a babelfont Font object. glyphname – name of the glyph.
Returns:	A two-element tuple. The first element is one of the following strings: unknown, base, mark, ligature, component. If the glyph is a mark, the second element is the mark attachment class number.

glyphtools.determine_kern(font, glyph1, glyph2, targetdistance, offset1=0, 0, offset2=0, 0, maxtuck=0.4)

Determine a kerning value required to set two glyphs at given ink-to-ink distance.

The value is bounded by the maxtuck parameter. For example, if maxtuck is 0.20, the right glyph will not be placed any further left than 80% of the width of left glyph, even if this places the ink further than targetdistance units away.

Parameters:

font – a fontTools TTFont object OR a glyphsLib GSFontMaster object OR a babelfont Font object. glyph1 – name of the left glyph. glyph2 – name of the right glyph. targetdistance – distance to set the glyphs apart. offset1 – offset (X-coordinate, Y-coordinate) to place left glyph. offset2 – offset (X-coordinate, Y-coordinate) to place right glyph. maxtuck – maximum proportion of the left glyph’s width to kern.

Returns: A kerning value, in units.

glyphtools.duplicate_glyph(font, existing, new)

Add a new glyph to the font duplicating an existing one.

Parameters:	font – a babelfont Font object. existing – name of the glyph to duplicate. new – name of the glyph to add.

glyphtools.get_glyph_metrics(font, glyphname)

Returns glyph metrics as a dictionary.

Parameters:	font – a fontTools TTFont object OR a glyphsLib GSFontMaster object OR a babelfont Font object. glyphname – name of the glyph.
Returns:	width: Advance width of the glyph. lsb: Left side-bearing rsb: Right side-bearing xMin: minimum X coordinate xMax: maximum X coordinate yMin: minimum Y coordinate yMax: maximum Y coordinate rise: difference in Y coordinate between cursive entry and exit
Return type:	A dictionary with the following keys

glyphtools.set_glyph_category(font, glyphname, category, maClass=None)

Sets the category of the glyph in the font.

Parameters:	font – a fontTools TTFont object OR a glyphsLib GSFontMaster object OR a babelfont Font object. glyphname – name of the glyph. category – one of base, mark, ligature, component. maClass – If the category is base, the mark attachment class number.

• Free software: Apache Software License 2.0
• Documentation: https://glyphtools.readthedocs.io.