How to generate a glyph set table incl. Unicode

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Hi,

is there a way to generate a text file with a table of all glyphs of my font listing ID, name, Unicode and Unicode name?

Basically I need a text file of this:

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Thanks for any hints.
H

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Generate a csv table like this:

import csv
import unicodedata

def generate_glyph_csv(font, file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as csvfile:
        csv_writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
        
        # Write header row
        csv_writer.writerow(["ID", "Name", "Unicode Value", "Unicode Name"])
        
        for index, glyph in enumerate(font.glyphs):
            unicode_value = f"{glyph.unicode:04}" if glyph.unicode else "N/A"
            
            if glyph.unicode:
                try:
                    unicode_name = unicodedata.name(chr(int(glyph.unicode, 16)))
                except ValueError:
                    unicode_name = "Unknown"
            else:
                unicode_name = "N/A"
            
            csv_writer.writerow([index, glyph.name, unicode_value, unicode_name])

# Get the current font
font = Glyphs.font

# Generate and save the CSV file
file_path = "/users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Desktop/glyph_data.csv"
generate_glyph_csv(font, file_path)

print(f"CSV file has been generated and saved to: {file_path}")
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Thanks.

Sebastian, you know my coding skills.
As if I would know what to do with this piece of code. Haha.

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Simply paste it into the macro panel of Glyphs (Window > Show Macro Panel).

Replace YOUR_USER_NAME with your Mac user name (sebastiancarewe in my case, maybe henningskibbe for you).

The script will generate a .CSV file on your desktop, which you can open with most common text applications (or transform into other formats with, for example, Google Sheets).

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Oh beautiful. This sounds like even I might be able to handle it. Thanks a million. You are the sweetest. Cheers.