Hallo @jo thanks alot - at the moment i use the lissajus only to create different nice looking loops. I changed the values as you suggested and of course it is working now and delivers a new nice looking loop.
I`d love to make some more loops with more "natural, subtle and slow" movements. I saw your great visualisations of the different variable font movements and hoped to create a custom path to do so - but i failed...

if you like to play around with my very first 5 letter variable font (HABKU) you are very welcome. http://habaland.ch/images/habaroll8GX.ttf

i added the the plus and minus to avoid the font doing the whole move to the min and max, because the backgraound would be visible then. (but most likely i created only a mess ) and by the way, i hate the black circle i had to ad "behind the scene" - id love o have a cleaner solution.

...at the moment i am trying to figure out where to append the savedState() without messing everything up...

greetings from Bern

# --------------------------
#  imports

import sys
sys.path.append("..")
from helper_functions import *

# --------------------------
#  settings

p_w, p_h = 1000, 1000
margin = 40
dia = 4
steps = 600

# lissajous values
a = 2 # 2, 3, 4 are decent values
b = a + 1
delta = 0 # pi/2, pi/3, pi/4

f_name = "habaroll8"

axes = ['wght', 'wdth'] 

# --------
axis1_min = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[0]]['minValue']
axis1_def = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[0]]['defaultValue']
axis1_max = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[0]]['maxValue']

axis2_min = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[1]]['minValue']
axis2_def = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[1]]['defaultValue']
axis2_max = listFontVariations(f_name)[axes[1]]['maxValue']


axis_w = p_w - 2 * margin
axis_h = p_h - 2 * margin

def_x = map_val(axis1_def, axis1_min, axis1_max, 0, axis_w)
def_y = map_val(axis2_def, axis2_min, axis2_max, 0, axis_h)

# --------------------------
#  functions 

def a_page():
    newPage(p_w,p_h)
    fill(1)
    rect(0, 0, p_w, p_h)
    translate(margin, margin)

    fill(0.92, 0.90, 0.87)
    rect(0, 0, axis_w, axis_h)

    font(f_name)
    fontSize(820 )


# --------------------------
#  Drawings 

pts = []
for st in range(steps):

    # newDrawing()
    a_page()

    angle = 2 * pi / steps * st

    x = .5 + .5 * sin( a * angle + delta )
    y = .5 + .5 * sin( b * angle )



    curr_axis1 = ip(axis1_min + 20, axis1_max - 20, x)
    curr_axis2 = ip(axis2_min + 20, axis2_max - 20, y)
    var_values = { axes[0] : curr_axis1, axes[1] : curr_axis2 }    
    fontVariations(**var_values)
    
    #black ring to avoid the background "bleed through"
    fill(None)
    stroke(0)
    strokeWidth(60)
    oval(125, 95, 700, 700) 
    
    # the black part (fake 3D)
    stroke(0)
    strokeWidth(4)
    fill(0)
    text('A', (axis_w/2, axis_h/8), align = 'center') 
    
    # the pink blob letter
    stroke(None)
    fill(0.79, 0.52, 0.67)
    scale(x=1.25, y=1.25)
    translate(x=-95, y=-80)
    text('A', (axis_w/2, axis_h/8), align = 'center') 
    
    # the blob shadow (would be great to have the shadow behind the pink blob!) 
    fill(0)
    translate(-120, 110)
    scale(x=0.9, y=-.05)
    skew(25, 0)
    rotate(-3)
    text('A', (axis_w/2, axis_h/8), align = 'center') 


  
saveImage('lissajous_var_test12.gif')

Hey @jo - thank you very much! That was the issue - damn, i am still in trouble with the the basics. Actually i am pretty stoked to have you here responding, because i am messing around with your code... i`d love to ad different lissajous curves to my blobbish letters, and i hoped changing the numbers (a = 2 # 2, 3, 4 are decent values) would do the trick - but it does not really change that much - sometimes even the loop is not longer working. Would you mind having a look at my codemess? (i mean, your code - and my mess )

Hello @ricardov Yes, i tried negative scaling, but it gives no result. It gives no error, but there is also nothing happening...

My goal is to draw a shadow, so I have to mirror the letter. (i achieved scaling, skewing, but not flipping)

newPage(1000, 1000)

font('Skia')
fontSize(600)
fill(0.79, 0.52, 0.67)
text('A', (300, 200))
fill(0)
scale(x=1, y=0.05)
text('A', (300, 800))

Hello World, i have a struggle on a very simple task - how can i mirror/flip a bezier path object (or a text) horizontal and vertical?

thanks in advance

Hello @gferreira

I know how to move the blob and the hole separately. (Last example in my first post) My question is, if there is any way to move a group of objects together? I like to have a blob with several holes that act as one object? (If I change the movement of the blob, the holes will change too).

Sorry, my english is not very good ...

Hello @michelangelo

Thank you very much, your code is very inspiring. I played around and it moves just how it should - except the "hole". Can the hole somehow act related to the blob and move just as it would be a part of the blob? (clipping?)

# Define a function to draw your shape
def Blob(offset):
    
    # Let's make a Bezier Path shape
    bez = BezierPath()
    bez.qCurveTo((80 + offset, 80 + 0.2 * offset), (80 + offset, 920 + 0.8 * offset), (920 + 0.1 * offset, 920 + 0.3 * offset), (920 + 3 * offset, 80 + 0.5 * offset), None)
    # Here I make Another shape, but it's going the opposite direction
    bez.moveTo((700, 300))
    bez.lineTo((700, 700))
    bez.lineTo((300, 700))
    bez.lineTo((300, 300))
    bez.closePath()
    fill(0.79, 0.52, 0.67)
    stroke(None)
    drawPath(bez)
    translate(60, 15)
    scale(x=0.8, y=0.03)
    fill(0)

    # Drawing the shape here
    drawPath(bez)
    
numFrames = 60
    
for i in range(numFrames):
    t = i / numFrames

    newPage(1000, 1000)
    fill(0.92, 0.90, 0.87)
    stroke(1)
    strokeWidth(80)
    rect(0, 0, 1000, 1000)

    
    
    
    # The function takes an argument "offset" to create the movement (it loops at * 50, * 25 * 12.5, * 6.25, 3.125
    offset = sin(t * 12.5) * 10
    print(offset)
    Blob(offset)

saveImage("michelangelo_blob2.gif")

@michelangelo @michelangelo Heyho! Thank you so much for responding I had a whole mess of code in here, after a month or so with no reaction i deleted it - i felt ashamed, i thought my code mess must look hopeless to you guys. i will have a look at your example, and reupload some bits and pieces. Greetings

...beneath the "counter/holes" i am trying hard, to animate each cornerpoint (off line point) of the qcurve-path seperatly, to get e more irregular movement. I am open to every new inspiration from you guys, thanks in advance.