Updating scripts from RF3 to RF4 ↩

RoboFont 4.0 introduces several new APIs, like Merz and Subscriber. You are probably excited about the new opportunities offered by these modules, but how should you approach the update of existing tools? We got you covered. Every example shown in the RoboFont documentation has been updated to Merz and Subscriber. And the RoboFont team is also helping developers updating their extensions.

Here you can find a table of all the Mechanic2 extensions using observers and drawingTools. This means they need to be updated in order to perform optimally on RoboFont. The table also keeps track of their update status.

extension	developer	observers	drawingTools	updated
Add Overlap	Alexandre Saumier Demers	yes	no	yes
Adjust Anchors	Adobe Type Tools	yes	yes	no
Anchor Overlay Tool	Jens Kutilek	yes	yes	no
AngleRatioTool	LettError	yes	yes	yes
AutoSaviour	Alexander Lubovenko	yes	no	no
Black DesignRecorder	BlackFoundry	yes	no	no
Blue Zone Editor	Andy Clymer	yes	yes	no
Broad Nib Background	Alexandre Saumier Demers	yes	yes	no
Check Parallel Tool	Jesen Tanadi	yes	yes	no
ContoursLock	Thom Janssen	yes	yes	no
Curve Equalizer	Jens Kutilek	yes	yes	no
Delorean: Interpolation Preview	CJ Dunn	yes	yes	yes
DesignSpaceEditor	LettError	yes	no	no
DrawBot	DrawBot	yes	yes	no
Edit Font Dimensions	Ryan Bugden	yes	no	no
EditThatNextMaster	LettError	yes	no	no
EventObserver	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
Eyeliner	Ryan Bugden	yes	yes	yes
Feature Preview	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
Glif Viewer	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
Glyph Nanny	Tal Leming	yes	yes	yes
GlyphConstruction	Frederik Berlaen	yes	yes	no
GlyphMorf	Thom Janssen	yes	yes	no
GlyphPalette	Rafał Buchner	yes	yes	no
GlyphWalker	Lukas Schneider	yes	no	no
Goldener	Frederik Berlaen	yes	yes	no
Ground Control	Loïc Sander	yes	no	no
Guide Tool	Tal Leming	yes	no	no
InspectorMini	Mark Record	yes	no	no
Interpolation Matrix	Loïc Sander	yes	no	no
Interpolation Slider	Andy Clymer	yes	yes	no
Italic Bowtie	FontBureau	yes	yes	yes
ItalicGuide	Jérémie Hornus	yes	no	no
Kern-A-Lytics	Adobe Type Tools	no	yes	no
KernTool3	Alexander Lubovenko	yes	yes	no
KerningChecker	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
Layer Preview	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
LightMeter	LettError	no	yes	no
Logger	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
MM2SpaceCenter	CJ Dunn	yes	no	no
Mark Positioning	Bahman Eslami	no	yes	no
Marky Mark	Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh	yes	yes	no
Mechanic	RoboFont Mechanic	yes	no	no
Outliner	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	yes
PDFButtonSpace	Thom Janssen	yes	no	no
Paste Special	Bahman Eslami	yes	no	no
PenBallWizard	Loïc Sander	yes	no	no
Plum	Jack Jennings	yes	no	no
Pop Up Tools	Tal Leming	yes	yes	no
Properties	Jérémie Hornus	yes	no	no
QuadraticConverter	Jérémie Hornus	yes	yes	no
Ramsay St.	Frederik Berlaen	yes	yes	no
Red Arrow	Jens Kutilek	yes	yes	no
RoboChrome	Jens Kutilek	yes	yes	no
RoboFontProject	Frederik Berlaen	yes	no	no
RoboLasso	Frederik Berlaen	no	yes	no
RoboREPL	Tal Leming	yes	no	no
RoboToDo	Jack Jennings	yes	no	no
Rotator	Frank Grießhammer	yes	no	yes
Scale, absolutely!	Jan Šindler	yes	no	no
Shape Tool	Frederik Berlaen	yes	yes	yes
ShowSparks	LettError	no	yes	no
Sidebear	Ryan Bugden	yes	no	no
Simple Kerning	Bahman Eslami	yes	yes	no
Slanter	Frederik Berlaen	yes	yes	no
Speed Punk	Yanone	yes	no	no
SuperpolatorRemote	LettError	yes	no	no
SymmetricalRoundShapeDrawingTool	LettError	no	yes	yes
Theme Manager	Connor Davenport and Andy Clymer	yes	no	no
ToolManager	Rafał Buchner	yes	no	no
Tracer	Frederik Berlaen	no	yes	no
Underline Strikethrough	Ben Kiel	yes	yes	yes
Unicode Info	Jens Kutilek	yes	no	yes
WurstSchreiber	Alexandre Saumier Demers	yes	yes	yes
ZoneChecker	LettError	no	yes	no
showDist	Frank Grießhammer	yes	no	no
word-o-mat	Nina Stössinger	yes	no	no

Here you can find a list of scripts before and after the update. Usually, examples are the best way to wrap your head around new concepts.

scripts	RoboFont 3	RoboFont 4
synchronizeSpaceCenters.py	OLD	NEW
listLayersTool.py	OLD	NEW
multiFontGlyphPreview.py	OLD	NEW
openComponentInNewWindow.py	OLD	NEW
pointDistance.py	OLD	NEW
stencilPreview.py	OLD	NEW
simpleFontWindow.py	OLD	NEW
drawReferenceGlyph.py	OLD	NEW
addToolbarItem.py	OLD	NEW
earMarkGlyph.py	OLD	NEW
GlyphViewMetricsUI.py	OLD	NEW
showBody.py	OLD	NEW
addGlyphEditorSubviewExample.py	OLD	NEW
customToolActivator.py	OLD	NEW
customGlyphWindowDisplayMenu.py	OLD	NEW
customInspectorPanel.py	OLD	NEW
simpleExampleTool.py	OLD	NEW
polygonSelection.py	OLD	NEW

If you updated a publicly available tool and you want to show it here, you can edit the documentation, or let us know on the RoboFont forum.

• Subscriber introduction article
• Subscriber reference
• Merz introduction article
• Merz reference