simple accent builder

simple-accent-builder.py

# [h] simple accent builder

# functions

def build_glyph(font, glyph_name, accents_dict, verbose=True):
    if accents_dict.has_key(glyph_name):
        if verbose:
            print 'building %s...' % glyph_name
        base_glyph, accents = accents_dict[glyph_name]
        font.removeGlyph(glyph_name)
        font.compileGlyph(glyph_name, base_glyph, accents)
        font[glyph_name].update()
    else:
        if verbose:
            print '# no entry for %s' % glyph_name

# accents data

accents_dict = {
    # add your glyph composition recipes here.
    # composed_glyph : [ base_glyph, ( (accent1, anchor1), (accent2, anchor2), ... ) ],
    'aogonek' : [ 'a', ( ('ogonek', 'bottom'), ) ],
    'agrave' : [ 'a', ( ('grave', 'top'), ) ],
    'ccedilla' : [ 'c', ( ('cedilla', 'bottom'), ) ],
}

# build accents

f = CurrentFont()

for glyph_name in f.selection:
    build_glyph(f, glyph_name, accents_dict)