VarGlyphAssistant (old)

A tool to view and edit glyph-level values in multiple designspace sources.

RF3 RoboFont 3 code which still works in RoboFont 4. Not updated to the new RoboFont 4 APIs yet.

designspace

Use the designspace tab to define which designspaces and font sources to look into.

designspaces: Drag one or more .designspace files into the list.
axes: A list of axes in the selected designspace.
Drag the items to change the sorting order of the list of sources.
sources: A list of all sources in the selected designspace.
Select which sources to collect values from in the next tabs.
Double-click a source to open the font in the UI.

Use the glyph sets tab to define which glyphs to look into in the selected sources.

glyph set files: Drag one or more .roboFontSets files into the list.
glyph sets: A list of glyph sets in the selected glyph sets file.
Select one or more glyph sets to update the glyph names list.
glyph names: A list of glyph names in the selected glyph sets.

Use the attributes tab to visualize and edit glyph attributes in the selected glyphs of selected sources.

load: Click on the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.
glyphs: A list of glyph names for inspection in the selected sources.
attributes: Values for various glyph attributes for the selected glyphs across all selected sources.
Click on the column headers to sort the list based on a specific attribute.

Use the compatibility tab to visualize and edit contour segments in the selected glyphs of selected sources.

load

Click on the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.

glyphs

A list of glyph names for inspection in the selected sources.

segments

A list of segments in the selected glyphs across all selected sources.
The letter codes mean: