![]() ![]() FontLab Studio 5 for Mac does not support Retina, and works well only in Mac OS X 10.12 and older.It has problems in macOS 10.13 and 10.14. It will most likely not run in macOS 10.15 (expected fall 2019). FontLab Studio 5 for Windows works fine on Windows 10 but we cannot guarantee that the app will work on future Windows versions.The 70-minute tutorial Basics of Python scripting in FontLab Studio 5 has beed recorded in February 2015 by Adam Twardoch. The tutorial is primarily intended for users who have never written any Python code before, although some tips and tricks for more advanced users are given. Topics include: basics of Python, scripting-related user interface elements of FontLab Studio, installing Python, RoboFab and FontLab Python macros, writing simple scripts that modify a font and speed up the type design process. See below for additional resources.įontLab Studio 5.1.x on Mac OS X and 5.2.x on Windows works with Python 2.7. In addition to Python, it’s best to also have pip, the Python package installer, which will simplify installing many additional handy Python-based tools. Regardless of whether you use the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of Windows, download Python 2.7.9 for Windows x86 (32 bit version) and install it. You can follow ShowMeDo’s Running Python 2.5 on Windows XP video for instructions (note, however, that the Python version you’ll be installing is 2.7, not 2.5). Python 2.7.9 for Windows already includes pip. On Mac OS X, Python 2.7.6 is already installed but you need to install pip yourself. How do I install Python, RoboFab, TTX/FontTools and other add-ons so I can run scripts (or write my own) with FontLab Studio? Resources for learning Python Thomas Phinney has written a step-by-step guide for installing two popular Python packages which are essential to Python scripting within FontLab Studio 5: (Enter your Administrator password, press Enter, and the installation should be complete.) Installing RoboFab, fontTools/TTX To do that, download get-pip.py to your Desktop, then open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type: FONTLAB STUDIO 5.0.4 SERIAL MAC OS I recommend watching these video videos by ShowMeDo:įontLab Studio 5 has a “Python API”, i.e. a set of modules, classes and objects which you can access and manipulate using Python. You need to run Python scripts (macros) within FontLab Studio in order to access the FontLab Python API. Python scripting board on the FontLab Forum.Chapter 12, Macro Programming of the FontLab Studio 5 User’s Manual (download the PDF).Please refer to the resources below for more information. FMX: Freemix Tools by Tim Ahrens (free).Note: Some of those packages expect that you have Adobe FDK for OpenType and RoboFab (along with the other dependencies) installed. ![]()
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