Glyphs

https://handbook.glyphsapp.com
Admin
Glyphs is a powerful font design and editing application that allows users to create, modify, and...
Tokens:74,186
Snippets:1,318
Trust Score:10
Update:3 months ago
Show doc for...
Tokens:
Raw
### Extrude Parameter Examples

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/extrude

Examples showing how to apply the Extrude filter with specific offset and angle values, with and without the subtraction option.

```text
Extrude; 100; -30
```

```text
Extrude; 100; -30; 1
```

--------------------------------

### Roughen Custom Parameter Example

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/roughen

An example of a configured Roughen custom parameter.

```text
Roughenizer; 15; 15; 10
```

--------------------------------

### Hatch Outline Parameter Example

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/hatch-outline

An example configuration for strokes with a thickness of 5, a 40-degree angle, and a 20-unit step width.

```text
HatchOutlineFilter; StepWidth:20; Angle:40; Offset:5
```

--------------------------------

### Open files and select glyph layers via URL

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/single-page

Example of using the glyphsapp URL scheme to open multiple files and specify glyph layers. The path parameter identifies the file, while glyph and layer parameters define the content to display.

```text
glyphsapp://show/
	?path=
	&glyph=A
	&layer=4D7C7F2F-B84D-4CED-A290-F3FFF64C7B4A
	&layer=73D41BF5-8E45-43E6-AADB-7DAF606BDDB2
	&glyph=B
	&path=
	&glyph=Gbreve
	&production=uni01F4
```

--------------------------------

### Define Sample Strings with Glyphs Syntax

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/single-page

Use this syntax in the Sample Strings preference field to include specific glyphs, placeholders, and line breaks.

```text
/exclamdown Hola /Placeholder/exclam\nsecond line

```

--------------------------------

### Offset Curve Custom Parameter Example

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/offset-curve

Example of an OffsetCurve parameter with specific values for horizontal/vertical offset, stroke activation, and position.

```text
OffsetCurve; 10; 10; 1; 0.5; cap:1
```

--------------------------------

### RoundCorner Filter Example

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/applying

Applies the RoundCorner filter with a radius of 15 and visual corrections enabled.

```text
RoundCorner; 15; 1
```

--------------------------------

### Round Corners with Visual Corrections

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/filters/round-corners

Example of applying a corner radius of 55 with visual corrections enabled.

```text
RoundCorner; 55; 1
```

--------------------------------

### Define a Sample String with Glyphs and Line Breaks

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/settings/sample-strings

Use slash-prefixed glyph names and the \n escape sequence to format custom sample strings.

```text
/exclamdown Hola /Placeholder/exclam\nsecond line
```

--------------------------------

### Define Meta Table Languages

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/single-page

Examples of BCP 47 compliant language tags for the meta table.

```text
Cyrl
```

```text
sr-Cyrl
```

```text
sr-Cyrl-BA
```

--------------------------------

### Create a basic HTML webfont preview

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/previewing-and-testing

Use this HTML structure to test exported WOFF2 font files in a web browser.

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Webfont Preview</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <style>
    @font-face {
      font-family: 'Some Font Name';
      src: url(some-font-name.woff2) format('woff2');
    }
    html {
      font-family: 'Some Font Name';
    }
  </style>
  This is the test text for the webfont preview.
</html>
```

--------------------------------

### Apply Complex Transformation Rule

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/transformations

Example of a combined transformation rule setting width, scaling, slanting, offsets, and origin metric.

```text
Transformations; Width:700; ScaleX:120; ScaleY:120; Slant:14; OffsetX:8; OffsetY:-22; Origin:2
```

--------------------------------

### glyphsapp://show/

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/url-scheme

Opens files in Glyphs and adds a new tab with a specified list of glyph layers.

```APIDOC
## GET glyphsapp://show/

### Description
Opens a file in Glyphs and displays a specific set of glyph layers in a new tab. Multiple files and glyphs can be specified in a single URL.

### Endpoint
glyphsapp://show/

### Query Parameters
- **path** (string) - Required - An absolute file path to the .glyphs file.
- **glyph** (string) - Optional - The name of a glyph to display.
- **production** (string) - Optional - The production name of a glyph to display.
- **layer** (string) - Optional - The ID of a glyph layer. Can be repeated for multiple layers per glyph.

### Request Example
glyphsapp://show/?path=/Users/someUser/SomeFile.glyphs&glyph=A&layer=4D7C7F2F-B84D-4CED-A290-F3FFF64C7B4A
```

--------------------------------

### Open files and layers via URL

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/url-scheme

Opens multiple files and specifies layers for individual glyphs using query parameters.

```text
glyphsapp://show/
	?path=%2FUsers%2FsomeUser%2FSomeFile.glyphs
	&glyph=A
	&layer=4D7C7F2F-B84D-4CED-A290-F3FFF64C7B4A
	&layer=73D41BF5-8E45-43E6-AADB-7DAF606BDDB2
	&glyph=B
	&path=%2FUsers%2FsomeUser%2FOtherFile.glyphs
	&glyph=Gbreve
	&production=uni01F4
```

--------------------------------

### Apply Relative Sidebearing Transformations

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/transformations

Example of using relative operators to modify sidebearings, specifically multiplying LSB by 2 and adding 15 to RSB.

```text
Transformations; LSB:*2; RSB:+15
```

--------------------------------

### Define a Plugin Repository Structure

Source: https://handbook.glyphsapp.com/settings/addons

The repository definition file uses a structured format to list plugins, scripts, and modules. Only the lists currently in use are required.

```text
{
  packages = {
    plugins = (
      {
        titles = {
          en = "Some Plugin";
        };
        url = "https://github.com/example/plugin";
        path = "Some Plugin.glyphsPlugin";
        descriptions = {
          en = "A description of the plugin.";
        };
        screenshot = "https://example.org/image.png";
      },
      ...
    );
    scripts = ( ... );
    modules = ( ... );
  };
}
```
Tokens:
Raw