Add fontVariation to text drawn in bezierPath?

[snaders]

This is kind of a follow-up question to another forumpost of mine.

I have a bezierPath where I draw a letter. After that I scale this shape to a certain size. I just can't find a way to draw the letter with using fontVariations.
(I know how to use fontVariations when I just draw text outside of a bezierPath. So the font is working.)

Any ideas on how I can do this?

[snaders]

I tried this (B is the bezierPath).
This doesn't work:

fontVariations(wdth = self.vw)
self.B.text("E", (0, 0), fontSize=100, font='Variabletest-Thin')

Is there another syntax I should be using? I don't get any errors btw.

[gferreira]

hi. you can use a FormattedString:

txt = FormattedString()
txt.append("hello world", font='Skia', fontSize=150, fontVariations=dict(wdth=0.8, wght=1.3))

B = BezierPath()
B.text(txt, (100, 100))

drawPath(B)

[frederik]

thanks @gferreira!
use a FormattedString with BezierPath.text to convert to hard outlines.

[snaders]

Hey guys,

Has been a while since the last post, but just wanted to thank you guys again for the help. It all worked out great and the project is live (can I post this here?): https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsx6AhVhlNf/ Thought you guys might enjoy this!

[frederik]

super! really cool project!