Segment

Description

A Contour object is a list of segments. A Segment is a list of points with some special attributes and methods.

Overview

Parents

BaseSegment.contour The segment’s parent contour.
BaseSegment.glyph The segment’s parent glyph.
BaseSegment.layer The segment’s parent layer.
BaseSegment.font The segment’s parent font.

Identification

BaseSegment.index The index of the segment within the ordered list of the parent contour’s segments.

Attributes

BaseSegment.type The segment type.
BaseSegment.smooth Boolean indicating if the segment is smooth or not.

Points

BaseSegment.points A list of points in the segment.
BaseSegment.onCurve The on curve point in the segment.
BaseSegment.offCurve The off curve points in the segment.

Transformations

BaseSegment.transformBy Transform the object.
BaseSegment.moveBy Move the object.
BaseSegment.scaleBy Scale the object.
BaseSegment.rotateBy Rotate the object.
BaseSegment.skewBy Skew the object.

Normalization

BaseSegment.round Round coordinates in all points.

Environment

BaseSegment.naked Return the environment’s native object that has been wrapped by this object.
BaseSegment.changed Tell the environment that something has changed in the object.

Reference

class fontParts.base.BaseSegment(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Parents

BaseSegment.contour

The segment’s parent contour.

BaseSegment.glyph

The segment’s parent glyph.

BaseSegment.layer

The segment’s parent layer.

BaseSegment.font

The segment’s parent font.

Identification

BaseSegment.index

The index of the segment within the ordered list of the parent contour’s segments.

Attributes

BaseSegment.type

The segment type. The possible types are move, line, curve, qcurve.

BaseSegment.smooth

Boolean indicating if the segment is smooth or not.

Points

BaseSegment.points

A list of points in the segment.

BaseSegment.onCurve

The on curve point in the segment.

BaseSegment.offCurve

The off curve points in the segment.

Transformations

BaseSegment.transformBy(matrix, origin=None)

Transform the object.

>>> obj.transformBy((0.5, 0, 0, 2.0, 10, 0))
>>> obj.transformBy((0.5, 0, 0, 2.0, 10, 0), origin=(500, 500))

matrix must be a Transformation Matrix. origin defines the point at with the transformation should originate. It must be a Coordinate or None. The default is (0, 0).

BaseSegment.moveBy(value)

Move the object.

>>> obj.transformBy((10, 0))

value must be an iterable containing two Integer/Float values defining the x and y values to move the object by.

BaseSegment.scaleBy(value, origin=None)

Scale the object.

>>> obj.transformBy(2.0)
>>> obj.transformBy((0.5, 2.0), origin=(500, 500))

value must be an iterable containing two Integer/Float values defining the x and y values to scale the object by. origin defines the point at with the scale should originate. It must be a Coordinate or None. The default is (0, 0).

BaseSegment.rotateBy(value, origin=None)

Rotate the object.

>>> obj.transformBy(45)
>>> obj.transformBy(45, origin=(500, 500))

value must be a Integer/Float values defining the angle to rotate the object by. origin defines the point at with the rotation should originate. It must be a Coordinate or None. The default is (0, 0).

BaseSegment.skewBy(value, origin=None)

Skew the object.

>>> obj.skewBy(11)
>>> obj.skewBy((25, 10), origin=(500, 500))

value must be rone of the following:

  • single Integer/Float indicating the value to skew the x direction by.
  • iterable cointaining type Integer/Float defining the values to skew the x and y directions by.

origin defines the point at with the skew should originate. It must be a Coordinate or None. The default is (0, 0).

Normalization

BaseSegment.round()[source]

Round coordinates in all points.

Environment

BaseSegment.naked()

Return the environment’s native object that has been wrapped by this object.

>>> loweLevelObj = obj.naked()
BaseSegment.changed(*args, **kwargs)

Tell the environment that something has changed in the object. The behavior of this method will vary from environment to environment.

>>> obj.changed()