Robofab Write Otf Sample Logic

gistfile1.py

import os
import robofab.world
from ufo2fdk import haveFDK
from ufo2fdk import OTFCompiler


font = robofab.world.OpenFont('<path to ufo file>')

font.update()
font.autoUnicodes()
font.update()

dstFolder = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', 'data', 'ufo-out'))
print 'dstFolder', dstFolder
if not os.path.exists(dstFolder):
    os.mkdir(dstFolder)

filename = font.info.fullName
dstFile = os.path.join(dstFolder, filename + '.otf')
print 'dstFile', dstFile

if haveFDK():
    print "I found the FDK!"
else:
    print "I'm sorry, I could not find the FDK."

compiler = OTFCompiler()
reports = compiler.compile(font, dstFile, checkOutlines=True, autohint=True)
print reports["checkOutlines"]
print reports["autohint"]
print reports["makeotf"]

font.close()