root/trunk/Documentation/TypoTechnica 2005/scripts Folder/Paulus - batch/batch remove glyphs.py

#FLM: Batch remove glyphs

#       Paul van der Laan, 2004/10/25


from robofab.interface.all.dialogs import GetFolder
from robofab.world import RFont, OpenFont, CurrentFont
import os

myBlacklist = ("nbspace", ".notdef", ".null")


# Een functie om een map met files door te zoeken op vfb files
def collectSources(root):
        files = []
        ext = ['.vfb']
        names = os.listdir(root)
        for n in names:
                if os.path.splitext(n)[1] in ext:
                        files.append(os.path.join(root, n))
        return files

# main loop
mySource = GetFolder()
if mySource is not None:
        myFiles = collectSources(mySource)
        for myFile in myFiles:
                myrfFont = None
                try:
                        myrfFont = OpenFont(myFile)
                        for myGlyph in myBlacklist:
                                if myrfFont.has_key(myGlyph):
                                        myrfFont.removeGlyph(myGlyph)
                                        print myGlyph, "removed from", myrfFont.info.familyName + "-" + myrfFont.info.styleName
                        myrfFont.update()
                        myrfFont.save()
                finally:
                        if myrfFont is not None:
                                myrfFont.close(False)
print "Done"