FL.objects.Font.Font

class FL.objects.Font.Font(font_or_path: Font | str | None = None, instances: tuple[float, float, float, float] | None = None)

Bases: FakeFont

Base class to represent a font

__init__(font_or_path: Font | str | None = None, instances: tuple[float, float, float, float] | None = None) → None

Methods

`DefineAxis`(name, type, shortname)	Defines a new Multiple Master axis.
`DeleteAxis`(axisindex, position)	Removes the axis
`FindGlyph`(name_uni_int)	(name: str) \| (unicode: Uni) \| (unicode: int) - finds glyph and return its index or -1
`GenerateFont`(fontType, filename)	Generate a font.
`GenerateGlyph`(name)	Generates new glyph using 'name' as a source of information about glyph's composition.
`GenerateInstance`()
`GenerateNames`()	Generates names for all glyphs
`GenerateUnicode`()	Generates Unicode indexes for all glyphs
`GetClassLeft`(class_index)	Return the 'left' property of the class.
`GetClassMetricsFlags`(class_index)	(int class_index) - returns the tuple containing LSB, RSB and Width flags of the metrics class
`GetClassRight`(class_index)	Return the 'right' property of the class.
`MakeKernFeature`(vector)	Generates 'kern' feature using font kerning and classes
`MergeFonts`(source[, flags])	Append all glyphs from the source font to the current fonts.
`New`()	Clear the font.
`Open`(filename)	Open a font from a VFB file.
`OpenAFM`(filename, mode, layer)	open AFM-File, mode is the integer bit field.
`Reencode`(e[, style])	Apply an encoding to the font.
`Save`(filename)	Save the font in VFB format.
`SaveAFM`(filename)	Save an AFM and an INF file.
`SetClassFlags`(class_index, left_lsb, right_rsb)	(int class_index, bool left, bool right) - allows to set 'left' and 'right' properties of the kerning class
`__init__`([font_or_path, instances])
`fake_binary_from_path`(fontType, file_path)	Assign a binary file from a path.
`fake_binary_get`(fontType)
`fake_bounding_rect`([for_afm])
`fake_clear_defaults`()	Clear some lists prior to deserializing a font from a Vfb.
`fake_deselect_all`()	Deselect all glyphs.
`fake_deserialize_axis`(data)
`fake_deserialize_features`(features)
`fake_deserialize_guide_properties`(data)
`fake_deserialize_guides`(data)
`fake_get_afm`([expand_kerning])
`fake_get_afm_kerning`([expand_kerning])
`fake_get_inf`()
`fake_save_afm_expanded`(filename)
`fake_select`(gid[, value])	Change selection status for glyph_index.
`fake_serialize_axis`()
`fake_serialize_features`()
`fake_serialize_guide_properties`()
`fake_serialize_guides`()
`fake_set_class_flags`(flags)	Set the kerning class flags from a list of str ("L", "R", "LR", ...)
`fake_sort_glyphs`(glyphs)
`fake_sort_kerning`(kerning)
`fake_update`()	Is called from FontLab.UpdateFont()
`has_key`(name_uni_int)	Find a glyph by name, unicode or integer unicode and return 1 (found) or 0 (not found).

Attributes

`apple_name`
`ascender`
`blue_fuzz`
`blue_scale`
`blue_shift`
`blue_values_num`
`blue_values`
`cap_height`
`codepages`
`copyright`
`customdata`
`default_character`
`default_width`
`descender`
`designer_url`
`designer`
`family_blues_num`
`family_blues`
`family_name`
`family_other_blues_num`
`family_other_blues`
`fond_id`
`font_name`
`font_style`
`force_bold`
`full_name`
`hguides`
`is_fixed_pitch`
`italic_angle`
`mac_compatible`
`menu_name`
`modified`
`ms_charset`
`ms_id`
`note`
`notice`
`ot_classes`
`other_blues_num`
`other_blues`
`panose`
`pcl_chars_set`
`pcl_id`
`pref_family_name`
`pref_style_name`
`slant_angle`
`source`
`stem_snap_h_num`
`stem_snap_h`
`stem_snap_v_num`
`stem_snap_v`
`style_name`
`trademark`
`tt_u_id`
`tt_version`
`ttinfo`
`underline_position`
`underline_thickness`
`unicoderanges`
`unique_id`
`upm`
`vendor_url`
`version_major`
`version_minor`
`version`
`vguides`
`vp_id`
`weight_code`
`weight_vector`
`weight`
`width`
`x_height`
`year`
`fake_vfb_object`
`axis`	Array of font axes.
`classes`	List of glyph classes.
`encoding`	Current encoding of the font.
`fake_kerning`	Returns the FL.fake.FakeKerning object, which can be used to manipulate the font's kerning data.
`fake_sparse_json`
`features`	List of Opentype features.
`file_name`	Full path of the file from which the font was opened/saved.
`fontnames`	List of font name records.
`glyphs`	Return the array of glyphs.
`truetypetables`	List of custom TrueType tables.
`vendor`
`xuid`	A list of Type 1 XUID numbers.
`xuid_num`	_summary_

DefineAxis(name: str, type: str, shortname: str) → None

Defines a new Multiple Master axis.

Parameters:

name (str) – _description_
type (str) – _description_
shortname (str) – _description_

DeleteAxis(axisindex: int, position: float) → None

Removes the axis

Parameters:

axisindex (int) – _description_
position (float) – _description_

FindGlyph(name_uni_int: str | Uni | int) → int: (name: str) | (unicode: Uni) | (unicode: int) - finds glyph and return its index or -1

GenerateFont(fontType: int, filename: str) → None

Generate a font. Deprecated. See the FL.objects.FontLab class for a description.

As a method of the Font class, this method is deprecated. Since FontLab 4.52 for Mac and FontLab 4.53 for Windows, GenerateFont is a method of the FontLab class.

Parameters:

fontType (int) – The font type.
filename (str) – The path and file name of the generated font.

Raises:

AttributeError – In FontLab 5, the method is deprecated.

GenerateGlyph(name: str) → Glyph

Generates new glyph using ‘name’ as a source of information about glyph’s composition. See ‘FontLabDir/Mapping/alias.dat’ for composition definitions.

Parameters:: name (str) – _description_
Returns:: _description_
Return type:: Glyph

The glyph is not added to the font automatically.

GenerateNames() → None: Generates names for all glyphs

GenerateUnicode() → None: Generates Unicode indexes for all glyphs

GetClassLeft(class_index: int) → int | None

Return the ‘left’ property of the class.

Parameters:

class_index (int) – _description_

Returns:

Returns 0 for non-kerning classes, 0 or 1 for kerning classes,: None for class_index outside the classes list length.

Return type:

int | None

GetClassMetricsFlags(class_index: int) → tuple | None: (int class_index) - returns the tuple containing LSB, RSB and Width flags of the metrics class

GetClassRight(class_index: int) → int | None

Return the ‘right’ property of the class.

Parameters:

class_index (int) – _description_

Returns:

Returns 0 for non-kerning classes, 0 or 1 for kerning classes,: None for class_index outside the classes list length.

Return type:

int | None

MakeKernFeature(vector: WeightVector) → None

Generates ‘kern’ feature using font kerning and classes

Parameters:: vector (WeightVector) – The WeightVector used to interpolate the kerning values.

MergeFonts(source: Font, flags: int | None = None) → None

Append all glyphs from the source font to the current fonts. Check mfXXXX constants for options.

Parameters:

source (Font) – The source font to be merged.
flags (int | None, optional) – _description_. Defaults to None.

New() → None: Clear the font.

Open(filename: str) → int

Open a font from a VFB file.

Parameters:: filename (str) – The path and file name of the VFB file.
Returns:: 1 on success, 0 if the file could not be opened.
Return type:: int

If you need to import a font (not in VFB format), use FL.Open() or FL.OpenFont().

OpenAFM(filename: str, mode: int, layer: int) → None

open AFM-File, mode is the integer bit field.

The bit list is: ALLMETRICS - 0x0001 THICKERMETRICS - 0x0002 WIDERMETRICS - 0x0004 CLOSEMETRICS - 0x0008 REPLACEKERNING - 0x0010 ADDKERNING - 0x0020 AUTOKERNING - 0x0040 REPLACEOTHERDATA - 0x0100 REPLACENAMES - 0x0200

Constants for mode (only in FL 4.5 Mac) mtALLMETRICS mtTHICKERMETRICS mtWIDERMETRIC mtCLOSEMETRICS mtREPLACEKERNING mtADDKERNING mtAUTOKERNING mtREPLACEOTHERDATA mtREPLACENAMES

Reencode(e: Encoding, style: int = 0) → None

Apply an encoding to the font.

The parameters of this method are not reported by the docstring and I don’t know what the style parameter does.

Parameters:

e (Encoding) – The encoding.
style (int, optional) – _description_. Defaults to 0.

Save(filename: str) → None

Save the font in VFB format.

Parameters:: filename (str) – The path and file name of the VFB file.

SaveAFM(filename: str) → None

Save an AFM and an INF file.

Parameters:: filename (str) – The path and filename to save the files to.

SetClassFlags(class_index: int, left_lsb: bool | int, right_rsb: bool | int, width: bool | int | None = None) → None

(int class_index, bool left, bool right) - allows to set ‘left’ and ‘right’ properties of the kerning class

(int class_index, bool lsb, bool rsb, bool width) - allows to set ‘lsb’, ‘rsb’ and ‘width’ properties of the metrics class

property axis: list[tuple[str, str, str]]

Array of font axes. Not reported by docstring nor e-font.

Example: [(‘Weight’, ‘Wt’, ‘Weight’)]

property classes: list[str]

List of glyph classes.

Returns a copy of the list. To change entries, you must reassign the whole list.

property encoding: Encoding: Current encoding of the font.

fake_binary_from_path(fontType: int, file_path: str) → None: Assign a binary file from a path. This will be used to fake the FakeLab.GenerateFont() method.

fake_clear_defaults() → None: Clear some lists prior to deserializing a font from a Vfb.

fake_deselect_all() → None: Deselect all glyphs. Is called from FontLab.Unselect().

property fake_kerning: FakeKerning: Returns the FL.fake.FakeKerning object, which can be used to manipulate the font’s kerning data.

fake_select(gid: str | Uni | int, value: bool | None = None) → None: Change selection status for glyph_index. >>> f = Font() >>> f.fake_select(1, False) >>> print(f._selection) set() >>> f.fake_select(1, True) >>> print(f._selection) {1} >>> f.fake_select(3, True) >>> print(f._selection) {1, 3} >>> f.fake_select(2, False) >>> print(f._selection) {1, 3} >>> f.fake_select(1, False) >>> print(f._selection) {3}

fake_set_class_flags(flags: list[str]) → None: Set the kerning class flags from a list of str (“L”, “R”, “LR”, …)

fake_update() → None: Is called from FontLab.UpdateFont()

property features: ListParent[Feature]: List of Opentype features.

property file_name: str: Full path of the file from which the font was opened/saved.

property fontnames: ListParent[NameRecord]: List of font name records.

property glyphs: ListParent[Glyph]: Return the array of glyphs.

has_key(name_uni_int: str | Uni | int) → int

Find a glyph by name, unicode or integer unicode and return 1 (found) or 0 (not found).

Parameters:

name_uni_int (str | Uni | int) – _description_

Returns:

1 if the glyph name or unicode value are present in the font,: 0 otherwise.

Return type:

int

property truetypetables: ListParent[TrueTypeTable]: List of custom TrueType tables.

property xuid: list[int]

A list of Type 1 XUID numbers.

The list may contain from 0 to 20 entries. To change the length of the list, set Font.xuid_num.

Returns:: The list of Type 1 XUID numbers.
Return type:: list[int]

property xuid_num: int

_summary_

Returns:: _description_
Return type:: int