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@bic to make sure which version of Python you are running:

import sys
print(sys.version)

in SublimeText3 you can set the Python version in Tools > Build System.

handling of unicode changed radically from py2 to py3. see:

• Strings, Bytes, and Unicode in Python 2 and 3
• Unicode strings in Python: A basic tutorial

hope this helps!

• support for 10.14 dark mode
• new .icns context

it seems to be working just fine:

L1 = ['a', 'b', 'c']
L2 = ['one', 'two', 'three']

for items in zip(L1, L2):
    print(items)

maybe you’re confused about py2 vs. py3 behavior?

• in py2 zip returns a list
• in py3 zip returns a zip object

you can use list() to convert a zip iterator into a list:

print(zip(L1, L2))
print(list(zip(L1, L2)))

@Patricia the canvas size is defined in points using size() or newPage(). the default output resolution for raster images is 72 dpi (1pt = 1px), you can set another value with saveImage():

saveImage('test.gif', imageResolution=300)

good luck!

see https://github.com/typemytype/drawbot/commit/d989e8bd0db35489d3eaeca453366d70a8877a1e

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improve documentation

A small example with a pen saving to a ufo file

from fontParts.world import RFont

# create a font object
myFont = RFont(showInterface=False)
# create a glyph object
myGlyph = myFont.newGlyph("a")
# get the pen
myPen = myGlyph.getPen()
# draw into the pen, similar as a DrawBot BezierPath
myPen.moveTo((100, 100))
myPen.lineTo((100, 200))
myPen.lineTo((200, 200))
myPen.lineTo((200, 100))
myPen.closePath()
# using a bezierPath
myPath = BezierPath()
# draw into the bezierPath
myPath.oval(10, 10, 50, 50)
myPath.text("Hello World", (60, 10))
# draw the bezierPath into the glyph pen
myPath.drawToPen(myPen)
# save the ufo
myFont.save("path/to/save.ufo")

# get a bezierPath
path = BezierPath()
# draw the glyph into the bezierPath
myGlyph.draw(path)
# draw the bezierPath
drawPath(path)

with DrawBot as a RoboFont extension you can also just draw into a glyph as a context, similar as drawing into a pdf, png, gif, ...

# run this RoboFont with the DrawBot extension

oval(10, 10, 100, 100)
text("Hello World", (110, 10))


# 'a(background).glyph'
saveImage("a.glyph")

this is looking good!!!

All font related python packages necessary to build a font are embedded. Like fontParts, defcon to build .ufo files and fontTools to construct a binary font file.

I would start with fontParts and using pens to draw in side a glyph. A drawBot BezierPath already acts like a pen.

good luck!

super nice drawing! thanks @gferreira

now it makes sense!

def drawPt(pos, r=5):
    x, y = pos
    oval(x-r, y-r, r*2, r*2)

pt0 = 40, 84
pt1 = 256, 58
pt2 = 122, 248

size(300, 300)
fill(None)

path = BezierPath()
path.moveTo(pt0)
path.arcTo(pt1, pt2, 60)

stroke(0, 1, 1)
polygon(pt0, pt1, pt2)
for pt in [pt0, pt1, pt2]:
    drawPt(pt)

stroke(0, 0, 1)
drawPath(path)
stroke(1, 0, 1)
for pt in path.onCurvePoints:
    drawPt(pt, r=3)
for pt in path.offCurvePoints:
    drawPt(pt, r=2)