Add anchor points?

monomonnik

Is there an easy way to add anchor points to a path, like the Add Anchor Points command in Illustrator?

add anchor points in illustrator.png

(I looked here and in the documentation, but I can’t find it.)

frederik

you can use the FlattenPen from fontPens.

from fontPens.flattenPen import FlattenPen

# create an empty path
dest = BezierPath()
# create flatten pen that will draw into the dest bezierPath
pen = FlattenPen(dest, approximateSegmentLength=30, segmentLines=True)

# draw into the flatten pen
pen.moveTo((100, 100))
pen.curveTo((100, 150), (150, 200), (200, 200))
pen.endPath()

# create an other path
path = BezierPath()
# draw an oval
path.oval(200, 200, 200, 200)
# draw the path with oval in the flatten pen
path.drawToPen(pen)

# set stroke and fill
stroke(0)
fill(None)
# draw the dest
drawPath(dest)

to learn more about pens and how to use them see https://robofont.com/documentation/how-tos/using-pens/

monomonnik

@frederik You opened a door to a whole new world for me. This is much simpler than I thought. And at the same time, I think it’s going to take me some time to get my head around all this pen-stuff. Thanks!