GMU:Wild Type/Part2

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Intro to DrawBot, RoboFab & RoboFont

In this block workshop we will learn how to harness the power of python, to work with fonts.

We will get to know DrawBot which is a sandbox environment very much like Processing, the powerful open source library RoboFab and RoboFont a powerful and highly customizable font face editor.


Getting Started with DrawBot

DrawBot Examples

Drawing with Drawbot

Here is an example that shows the similarities between Processing and DrawBot:

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Glyphs in DrawBot

Thanks to RoboFab you access all glyph properties inside DrawBot:

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Messing with DrawBot

Here's our first little messy DrawBot sketch.

Links

DrawBot

RoboFont