Create Template for drawing glyphs

Design
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Is it possible to create template sketch glyphs from the list of glyphs.

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What do you mean?

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I want to create PDF, one glyph per page, with the grid box and a grey letter in the background to sketch on it

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You can do that with a dropbox script. Install the DrawBot plugin and put that into the code view:

from GlyphsApp import *
size('A4')
padding = 50
pageHeight = height() - (2 * padding)
pageWidth = width()
print(pageHeight)
for g in Glyphs.font.glyphs:
    print(g)
    newPage()
    layer = g.layers[0]
    ascender = layer.ascender
    descender = layer.descender
    width = layer.width
    scale = pageHeight / (ascender - descender)
    fill(None)
    stroke(0, 0, 0, 1)
    strokeWidth(0.1)
    rect((pageWidth - (width * scale)) / 2, padding, width * scale, pageHeight)
    
    path = BezierPath(layer.completeBezierPath)
    path.scale(scale)
    path.translate((pageWidth - (width * scale)) / 2, padding - (descender * scale))
    fill(0, 0, 0, .3)
    stroke(None)
    drawPath(path)

saveImage("~/Desktop/drawBotTest.pdf")
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Error.
ascender is defined in the font. but script is not able to pick it up.

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This is only available in the latest version. Please update to the latest cutting edge version.

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I have version 2.6.6 cutting edge.

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Ha, I was speaking about Glyphs 3. You are right, in Glyphs 2, those properties are only on the master.

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with cutting edge glyphs3

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It sounds like at least one of the Python modules DrawBot requires is not installed, possibly pyobjc.

In Glyphs 3, one can select which Python 3 installation to use in Glyphs > Preferences… (Command-comma) > Addons. It is also possible to install a verison of Python 3 that includes some of the typical modules used via Window > Plugin Manager > Modules. If you do so, you may need to then select it in Preferences > Addons.

Hope that helps.

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Still same error running Drawbot plugin

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@GeorgSeifert Could you please look into this error

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I need to test this more but for now, install python from the python.org. Then run this in the terminal: pip3.9 install pyobjc. Then select the python.org python in Preferences > Addons.

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Done.

Now glyphs 3 doesn’t open, after I changed the addons to python.org (3.9.0)

Its crashing everytime.

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Then remove the plugins from the plugins folder. Or start the with Option+Shift key pressed.