Are filters a Category in Glyphs?

#1

I am wondering whether custom filters are a category in Glyphs?

for Example:

I have a custom filter callled “Red”,

Is it under Filters/Red same as in Letter/Uppercase?
(filters(category)/Red(subcategory) same as in Letter(Category)/Uppercase(Subcategory)

#2

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#3

I am talking about the LetterSpacer.
For the default config file it is:
,Letter,Uppercase,1.5,H,,

But can I also apply it to a custom filter, since I am asking how is Filters called in Glyphs? I know it isn’t a Category, but is it something else I checked the GlyphData.xml and the CustomFilter.plist , but can’t figure it out?

#4

I don’t understand what you are trying to do.

#6

Basically does a glyphs have parameter .filter or something? How can I check if a glyph has a filter and which one?

print Glyphs.font.glyphs[“a”].Filter

same as:

print Glyphs.font.glyphs[“a”].category
print Glyphs.font.glyphs[“a”].subCategory

#7

Glyphs don’t have a filter. You are looking in the wrong direction. The ‘category’ is a property of the glyphs that can be used in a filter.

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