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hi @habakuk,

you can “group” shapes using save() and restore(), and move them with translate(x,y):

rect(0, 0, 100, 100)

save()
translate(200, 200)
fill(1, 0, 0)
rect(0, 0, 100, 100)
oval(0, 120, 100, 100)
oval(120, 0, 220, 220)
restore()

rect(900, 900, 100, 100)

hope this makes sense!

hello @habakuk,

what makes the blob move is the offset variable. so you need to use it when defining the inner shape too. something like this:

# Here I make Another shape, but it's going the opposite direction
bez.moveTo((700 + offset, 300 + 0.2 * offset))
bez.lineTo((700 + offset, 700 + 0.8 * offset))
bez.lineTo((300 + offset, 700 + 0.1 * offset))
bez.lineTo((300 + offset, 300 + 0.5 * offset))

you can also draw the inner curve using a qCurveTo like the outer curve…

greetings!

yes you can use fontMake or ufo2ft, you just have to install it locally for the python3.6 (this is the embedded python in DrawBot)

If you dont have python3.6 installed, you need to get it from https://www.python.org/downloads/.

and install fontMake and/or ufo2ft with pip3.6 for py3.6

good luck!

Oh, I've been trapped by a bot it seems Still, my answer may be useful

Oh, that's a clever idea, thanks for sharing.

... said in Using a virtualenv in Drawbot:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "/Users/maartenidema/t_venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages")

You should be able to make that happen automatically. Please try the following:

• Create a folder called /Library/Python/3.6/site-packages if it doesn't already exists
• place a file in there with a .pth extension, say my_venv.pth
• write the line /Users/maartenidema/t_venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages into that file
• Restart DrawBot and see if you can now import from your venv.

Sorry, I didn't test this. Please let us know if it works.

ufo2fdk needs some basic font info settings like descender, xHeight, ascender, capHeight, unitsPerEm

# some default example values
font.info.descender=-250
font.info.xHeight=500
font.info.ascender=750
font.info.capHeight=750
font.info.unitsPerEm=1000

hi. see also v-fonts.com

Im pushing you to figure it out by yourself first

see the documentation and the source of ufo2fdk

and see documentation of fontMake

font.generate is RoboFont method and is not available inside DrawBot.

However with ufo2fdk (which is embedded into DrawBot) you must be able to generate binaries (you will need to install FDK locally)

or install fontMake and build a compiled font from a ufo.

good luck!!!

regarding (1): you can get glyph widths by setting each character with the source font and measuring the text:

# `font` is a DrawBot command and cannot be used as variable name
fontName = "LucidaGrande"

font(fontName)
fontSize(1000)
w, h = textSize(char)
myGlyph.width = w

the text font size is set to 1000 because this is the default UPM size when creating a new font, and we need a 1:1 scale in order to get width value.