OpenTypeTools Macros for FontLab Studio - beta testing

Tim Rolands

I have been working on porting the functionality of the OpenType.tools website to a Python module for use within FontLab Studio. It is ready for beta testing, and I would love to get some feedback from people. If you are interested, please visit http://opentype.tools/macros.

I developed and tested this package under FontLab Studio 5.1.2 for Windows. I believe it should work with any 5.x version, but I have not tested it with other versions or platforms.

Please use with care: this is beta! Make sure you only use it on copies of your fonts until you're satisfied it works.

Tim

Thomas Phinney

I tweeted about this and there have been a few comments, like "where does the module go?" (as well as whether it works on Mac).

Tim Rolands

Thanks, Mr. Phinney! It goes in FontLab Studio's macros folder, following the structure in the zip. On Windows, it's along the lines of this: "C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents\FontLab\Studio5\Macros" or "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\FontLab\Studio 5\Macros", depending on version. I have not been able to test it on Mac, but I do expect it to work.

Tim Rolands

So I'm curious to know if there's any feedback from those of you who have tried the macros. Anyone tried this on a Mac yet? Any suggestions for improvement?